Film: Old School Panorama

I do occasionally make images when I'm not stirring the pot.


Negative size is 9.5"X20"

Camera is an ancient near east antique that Hugo Zhang rescued and had the odd sized 9.5X20" film holders built for. The idea behind the odd size was to use Kodak Aerial Recon film which was available until very recently on 9.5" wide by 125 foot spools.

Yes, Virginia, we're actually talking about 190 square inches of information on a substrate. Lens was a J. C. Somerville Wide Angle Aplanat type.

Oh my! Such magic realism. Big film stops the world and all the details in it to afford a deep inspection of time and place better than just looking.

Is that a shadow of the camera, the photographer, and the car on the far side of the creek?

Maris Rusis said:

Oh my! Such magic realism. Big film stops the world and all the details in it to afford a deep inspection of time and place better than just looking.

Is that a shadow of the camera, the photographer, and the car on the far side of the creek?

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Thanks Maris! yes, that's me across the creek. Good eye! Thanks for looking.

Wonderful image, especially if you get to drive the car.

I'd much appreciate some details regarding the camera and the beautiful and inspiring picture - makes one long for the good old film times.
thank you for sharing.

Utter heaven! Heck that's just the car never mind the camera.