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    Silver and Light by Ian Ruhter

    Mentioned on The Online Photographer this morning and definitely worth repeating here. Silver & Light by Ian Ruhter. Super-sized wet-plate.

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    Re: Silver and Light by Ian Ruhter

    Yeah, awesome dedication. Would love to see the results in person. I hope he gets successful enough to keep going and push the envelope a bit, or a lot.

    Jon

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    His obsession is fascinating to watch. Some rich collector should love the exclusivity of it. It will be interesting to see if it gets past just being about, "wow, I can't believe you did that."

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    Re: Silver and Light by Ian Ruhter

    Too easy, too little, and much too late: http://robroy.dyndns.info/lawrence/mammoth.html

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    Jim,
    Your point is that Ian shouldn't bother because someone did it in 1900?

    Jon

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    Re: Silver and Light by Ian Ruhter

    Do you think I could see the link from the online photographer?

    And will, did you see this? http://www.boston.com/news/local/mas...rmens_chagrin/

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    Re: Silver and Light by Ian Ruhter

    Jim, where is anybody going to get an 8ft wide-angle lens these days? And you expect them to be doing collodion instead of dry plate? A person would have to have the personal resources of a Saudi sheik to get a lens like that made! (I think some sheik got a Zeiss 1700mm telephoto made for way north of $1m)

    Maybe we should ask our resident lens designer what a beast in a barrel would cost to reconstruct. Let's see, if we all pool our lottery winnings and ... oh, right, didn't win the lottery. Oh, what lottery? Not the Powerball? That lottery?? I'm so glad I'm a born loser!
    "It's the way to educate your eyes. Stare. Pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long." - Walker Evans

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    Re: Silver and Light by Ian Ruhter

    Quote Originally Posted by Brian C. Miller View Post
    Jim, where is anybody going to get an 8ft wide-angle lens these days?
    Shouldn't be too hard to grind a meniscus lens to do this, with an improvised barrel from plumbing fittings.

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    Re: Silver and Light by Ian Ruhter

    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Jones View Post
    Too easy, too little, and much too late
    On the contrary, none of those things.

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