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    A guy sitting on a giant petzval lens

    Hi folks,

    I remember seeing a picture of a guy sitting on a giant petzval mounted on a huge box camera that's sitting on the ground from the old days. Does anyone know where to find that? It is probably a French guy in the mid to late 19th century. Many thanks!

    Tuant

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    Hermann Krone? (Berlin)

    https://www.google.dk/search?q=herma...ih=837#imgrc=_
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    Re: A guy sitting on a giant petzval lens

    Wow! I have never seen this one before! I love it! Guys always love their things to be bigger than others, even a few hundred years back The one I am looking for is a guy really sitting on his lens, not in a chair. I even tried to mimic his posture by sitting on my lens as well a few years back, but I couldn't find it any where. I am looking for that for a lens exhibition in Shanghai. Any help will be appreciated! Thanks!

    Tuant

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    Re: A guy sitting on a giant petzval lens

    Hi Rael,

    It is a different one, with a guy actually resting his bud on a giant lens mounted on a huge box camera. Thanks anyway for the link!

    Tuant

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    Re: A guy sitting on a giant petzval lens

    Yes, except that person should be long dead This is interesting! You never would really expect so many to really sit on a lens. There must be something to it I still hope find the picture I am looking for. It is a photo from the 19th century with a not so big guy sitting on a giant petzval with one side of his bud. A case of beer is offered for any one to post that picture here

    Tuant

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    Re: A guy sitting on a giant petzval lens

    Don't sit on it too long if it's radioactive glass. I think you guys all have petzval envy.

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    Re: A guy sitting on a giant petzval lens

    That may be a good thing for lots of guys wanting to be worry free If radioactivity proves to cause sterility, I may want to open a clinic some day just for guys to sit on for a few hours before they go out on a one night stand

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    Re: A guy sitting on a giant petzval lens

    Why does this thread make me think of Lester Bogen?

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