"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
yowsers.
he done a great job at documenting / promoting his project!
And he can carry an 8x10 for submini work.
Nothing new! Carleton Watkins had a similar setup.
Been following this project for a while ... although it is hard to find the 1780mm and 1800mm lenses, there were significantly more made than 10. A lot of them were dumped though when the large lithography cameras in the semicon business were no longer needed.
Took me 9 months to find my 1780mm RDA (about 50 made ... )
As for mileage of the ULF ... 6mpg on the highway ;-)
Cheers !
Is not so much the MPG, it's a question of just how many gas stations there are in the Dolomites? Do they have a tanker truck follow them around? Also, given their engineering prowess, you'd think they could figure out a way to coat the glass plates more evenly. I'd be pretty disappointed if after building that truck, that's the best photo I could come back with. Where's William Henry Jackson when you need him?
Looks good to me. You could sure flatten a lot of selfie phone photographers all at once with that thing!
Well, John. You have been asking us what vehicle you should buy. I think you found it!
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