6'X4' negatives from a 35' camera

[alfredo]

Coming to a town near you.

http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2012/02/13/how-cool-is-this-a-6-x-4-foot-negative-from-a-35-foot-long-camera/

The video
http://vimeo.com/27359714

[liberal N proud]

1. All this as film is a dying technology

It would be cool to see though!

[alfredo]

4. I will keep my eye out for the route of this camera.

[flamin lib]

2. Camera obscura!

Painters and other graphic artists used tents with lenses at one end and the canvas at the other to capture landscapes in great detail long before silver halides were discovered.

Fear not the loss of "film". Glass plates coated with custom hand-made emulsions are making a comeback in artismal photography as are exotic printing papers like platinum.

I'm not dissing digital when I say that technology makes things deceptively easy--it just puts the artist's head in a different place to to increase the labor between concept and image. Better images don't result but wholly different ones.

As an experiment put your camera on a tripod for a few days and see how you approach imaging differently.

[alfredo]

3. Leaving my auto lenses at home, only using manual has changed my photography.

It makes me more deliberate. All my manuals are primes.

Slow down, think before you click.

When I get back to street photography, I will use my auto lens.

[flamin lib]

6. It shows. I enjoy your pictures. nt

[alfredo]

7. Thanks

[Solly Mack]

5. K&R

Sweet