Is this not the Coolest thing you've ever seen

[johnschlicher]

No ties to this auction, never seen one before

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[Bjorn Nilsson]

Hey Snoopy! Watch out for the Red Baron!!! :) :)

[Walter Calahan]

Now that's cool, and a fabulous lens.

[Terence McDonagh]

Smithsonian Air & Space Museum used to have a similar one on display along with 2 of the WW II aerial cameras. I always wanted one. But I can honestly say I have too many cameras as it is.

[sgelb]

ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY GRAFLEX

coolest cameras ever!!!!!!!


(btw i have 2 slrs, 2 speeds and a postcard camera!!!)

[Alan Davenport]

Probably NOT the camera to take when you're photographing the President...

[Oren Grad]

It's not complete without the goggles. :)

[civich]

[QUOTE=Terence McDonagh;464352]Smithsonian Air & Space Museum used to have a similar one on display along with 2 of the WW II aerial cameras. I always wanted one. But I can honestly say I have too many cameras as it is.]

As my barber said ( after I declined to buy a shotgun he had for sale in his shop by explaining that 'I had too many guns already')

"That's crazy talk sir!"

[GPS]

I wonder how many useful pictures you could get with a handhold 420mm /f8 lens on a WWI airplane...

[Derek Kennedy]

I can honestly say I have too many cameras as it is.

You can never have enough.

Im not even sure the exact number I have - somewhere between 40-45 cameras. All but two work. One needs a CLA bad but it works. One that doesnt work used to work but I tried to fix it...I suck at camera repair.

[Scott Knowles]

I wonder if you could actually use it without being stopped and/or arrested. Imagine loading film and pointing it at something or someone and the reaction people would have. But damn it would be cool to try it out.

[Wayne Crider]

I'm wondering if I put a pistol grip on my Graphic security guards will freak out when they see me pointing the camera at a building. Maybe a scope would help?:rolleyes:

[csant]

The small-format Photosnaiper looks bad enough… but this thing is serious heavy duty - I'd be curious to see what reactions are when you carry it around to shoot. Guess the first thoughts of bystanders would be something like "that looks like a gun that would like to be in disguise in a violin case but just couldn't be disguised well enough"…

[emo supremo]

Bets on how long I'd be allowed to use that on the subway here in Queens?

[Shen45]

Imagine doing a local pickup as the winning bid and hand carrying it back on an airline :)

Really sir it is a camera. You just have to love the pistol grip.

[dazedgonebye]

If I had a bi-plane, I'd be all over that.

[Captain_joe6]

Theodor Scheimpflug would surely have some harsh words about the design of the camera and its problems with getting a good, sharp image. ;)

[Terence McDonagh]

You can never have enough.

Im not even sure the exact number I have - somewhere between 40-45 cameras. All but two work. One needs a CLA bad but it works. One that doesnt work used to work but I tried to fix it...I suck at camera repair.

I stopped counting at 85 cameras, so you have a ways to go before you hit "enough".

[Terence McDonagh]

[QUOTE=Terence McDonagh;464352]Smithsonian Air & Space Museum used to have a similar one on display along with 2 of the WW II aerial cameras. I always wanted one. But I can honestly say I have too many cameras as it is.]

As my barber said ( after I declined to buy a shotgun he had for sale in his shop by explaining that 'I had too many guns already')

"That's crazy talk sir!"

Guns are a different matter all together. Alas, my taste in guns is more expensive than in cameras . . .

[Kevin M Bourque]

I always loved the name "Gotar". It's either a character from a bad SF novel ("I am Gotar, destroyer of worlds!") or, well, a lens made from goats.

In reality, Goerz Gotar drives a taxi in Brooklyn.