Taylor Hubson Cooke 27" Lens

[Dwayne Ealy]

Sorry, I have been away for the long weekend in the US.
The actual weight turns out to be 48 lbs. with the extension barrel.

Years ago I did check it out on the ground glass and I could get a great H&S composition with perfect long lens compression and no distortion. I will say the bellows were extended a long way which created a very "big" camera. He must have had a very large studio for the early 1900's.

Thanks,
Dwayne

[Tri Tran]

Hi Dwayne,
Thanks for posting the pictures.Please check your email.Thanks.TT

[Paul Fitzgerald]

Dwayne,

DAMN, a real double-fisted knuckle buster. Good luck and great fun with it.

Jim, dinosaurs still roam the earth.

[Jason Greenberg Motamedi]

Beautiful. Please use it!

[Dwayne Ealy]

I would love to use it but since I have gone digital I will need an 11X14 digital back! Lets see ... that would be about a two tera-pixel sensor which would result in a 12 terapixel, 12bit file per image. I think I had better start buying hard drives now to be ready when the 1114 back comes out!!!

Thanks for all of the interest you people have shown and any additional info you can provide.

[Ole Tjugen]

Use 11x14" film as an intermediate capture medium, then scan the film to get the whole Terapixel image.

[Jason Greenberg Motamedi]

Sad. Another beautiful lens collects dust.

[Gene McCluney]

Use 11x14" film as an intermediate capture medium, then scan the film to get the whole Terapixel image.

Just curious, as I would like to do this myself with my 11x14. What scanner do you suggest that will scan an 11x14 neg??

[Jim Galli]

Sad. Another beautiful lens collects dust.

The only solution I foresee is for that lens to come to live in Tonopah Nevada!

[Kerik Kouklis]

Sad. Another beautiful lens collects dust.

Yes, yes... what a shame!!