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    BIG camera.

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    Re: BIG camera.

    This question was asked very recently. See http://www.largeformatphotography.in...have-seen-ever

    It looks pretty stationary to me.

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    Re: BIG camera.

    Bigger is not better.


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    Re: BIG camera.

    Quote Originally Posted by seezee View Post
    That's the best documentation of that big thing, I have seen.

    I made a porthole in my last darkroom which accessed the street I lived on. A big lens made a neat camera obscura. I used the Reinhold 790 mm.

    I have a darkroom cargo trailer, maybe it needs a hole in the wall!
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    Re: BIG camera.

    One question is- what happened to the original 8-foot long print? And the 54"x96" glass-plate negative?
    One can assume that the enormous camera was scrapped sooner or later. But the photo of the camera and crew has a lens obviously retouched in. What could it have been, and where is it today? In Mark Sawyer's collection?

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    Re: BIG camera.

    Note the entirely faked lens.

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    Re: BIG camera.

    The Boston Camera should certainly be considered in this discussion

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Camera

    3 tons. 6096mm lens

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    Re: BIG camera.

    Winner!
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    Re: BIG camera.

    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Sampson View Post
    One question is- what happened to the original 8-foot long print? And the 54"x96" glass-plate negative?
    One can assume that the enormous camera was scrapped sooner or later. But the photo of the camera and crew has a lens obviously retouched in. What could it have been, and where is it today? In Mark Sawyer's collection?
    Yes, I noticed the retouching. Common practice in those days as it continues to be.
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