Saltzman

[Tin Can]

The one I posted and have is the SMALL Saltzman, but not the picture I posted

They also made much bigger

I posted their entire catalog some years ago

Did the military use 10 x 10 format for aerial surveillance in WWII? Seems like some of these machines were more gigantic than others. You know like the difference between Indian and African elephants

[Michael R]

I have a 1961 catalogue but too big to post here. My favourites are the ones they made for photogrammetry. High precision. Impressive. They started making those types in the mid-1930s and we’re the tools of choice for working from images made with aerial cameras like Fairchild. Amazing stuff from a bygone era.

The one I posted and have is the SMALL Saltzman, but not the picture I posted

They also made much bigger

I posted their entire catalog some years ago

[Tin Can]

Images from the catalog show huge setups

NYC style, but Montgomery Wards Chicago also had huge setups, I almost got in the giant studio, now condos

Options galore
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I had a member on the hook for mine gratis, no show...

I have the 14" condenser set and OE 25 lamp head

Mine was made shorter for a SAIC Photo Instructor, just the table, the chrome pipe is OE height, still tall

Jac also had one, but stored outside in Wisconsin, he passed, no idea what happened to the 'thing'

In a way Saltzman and Deardorff SC11 are complementary

[Embdude]

Wow! Really amazing gear! Yes everything in the catalog was great...

[Peter De Smidt]

I wish I had one, but I don't have the space.

I haven't made darkroom prints in a long time, and I really miss it.

[Duolab123]

I have a Saltzman tripod with a side arm for low work. The head is huge, beautiful. I even have the crank for the head. Amazing equipment.

[Tin Can]

I had that very nice studio head

but realized I would never find the stand

I watch 'Funny Face' to see the rig I wanted

[Duolab123]

I had that very nice studio head

but realized I would never find the stand

I watch 'Funny Face' to see the rig I wanted

Absolutely, I remember seeing that!

[MartinP]

Did the military use 10 x 10 format for aerial surveillance in WWII? Seems like some of these machines were more gigantic than others. You know like the difference between Indian and African elephants

In the 1980s I worked at a lab in a town with several large civil-engineering companies nearby. We used to get a regular stream of print requests from them using huge negs that were from aerial-photography roll-film cameras. The camera magazines held umpteen feet of 10" wide film and we would use a 10x10 Durst to make the prints. Most of the time it was only used for standard 8x10 negs but we were 'the' regional place for 10x10" thanks to that enlarger. IIRC the image size was about 9 1/2" square.

[Duolab123]

In the 1980s I worked at a lab in a town with several large civil-engineering companies nearby. We used to get a regular stream of print requests from them using huge negs that were from aerial-photography roll-film cameras. The camera magazines held umpteen feet of 10" wide film and we would use a 10x10 Durst to make the prints. Most of the time it was only used for standard 8x10 negs but we were 'the' regional place for 10x10" thanks to that enlarger. IIRC the image size was about 9 1/2" square.

That's cool. A couple years ago there was an enormous Durst, I believe it was 10x10 on Ebay. IIRC it was located in Canada. It had been purchased right as the digital wave hit. It was like new, asking price was huge. I hope it survived.