Giant Pinhole Camera

[John Flavell]

The audio will be up at 1pm est.

From National Publid Radio:

A hangar at an abandon California air station has been converted into what may be the biggest camera ever imagined. It will soon take the world's largest photo. Artist Rob Johnson and five colleagues came up with this challenge. He explains how this project will work to Host Liane Hansen. (4:25)

[John Flavell]

The link is:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=5493951

[Walter Calahan]

But will they contact print the negative, or construct a giant scanner?

And will they sell postcards of the final image?

Grin.

[Scott Knowles]

But will they contact print the negative, or construct a giant scanner?

And will they sell postcards of the final image?

Grin.

They using light sensitive chemicals on fabric, 28x108 feet developed in a 35x120 foot development tank (about 600 gallons). They estimated the aperture is about f896 (0.75 inch hole) and the exposure will take 5-10 days, so they'll be doing test strips first. They're still looking for a museum to accept the final image. And it's one-shot deal, the building is scheduled for demolition.

[Capocheny]

They using light sensitive chemicals on fabric, 28x108 feet developed in a 35x120 foot development tank (about 600 gallons). They estimated the aperture is about f896 (0.75 inch hole) and the exposure will take 5-10 days, so they'll be doing test strips first. They're still looking for a museum to accept the final image. And it's one-shot deal, the building is scheduled for demolition.

How cool is that? I'd hope they'll post (a reduced sized) image somewhere for the world to see!

Cool!

Cheers

[Bob Gentile]

"... it's one-shot deal, the building is scheduled for demolition..."

Will that make it the world's largest disposable camera?

[Mike H.]

...They estimated the aperture is about f896 (0.75 inch hole) and the exposure will take 5-10 days, ...

So, how would you calculate the DOF? And, if they have an earthquake during the exposure it probably wouldn't even cause any blur because of length of exposure, right? (Unless part of the image shifted to a new location. )

[dan nguyen]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/or...ditions-orange

[Stephen Willard]

There was a retired doctor in my town who bought one of those big hauken semi-tractor trailers and converted the trailer into a giant pin hole camera. Not as big as the hanger, but at least it is mobile.