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September 3, 2005
The World's Largest Camera
In my research for my “alternative photography” contribution to the Be A Design Group group post, I came accross the world’s largest camera. It was called the Mammoth and it was built in 1900. It weighed 900lbs and made an 8 x 4.5 foot negative. I haven’t been able to track down any photos taken with the world’s largest camera, but here is a link to a page that tells more about George Lawrence, the camera’s inventor. That page has some links to other pages that show some photos taken from his Kite Arial Photography experiments. Fascinating stuff. Check it out if you get the chance.
Posted by Adrian at September 3, 2005 3:50 PM
Comments
That is big. But the Pinhole Van would surely give it a run for its money.
Posted by: rg at October 10, 2005 3:56 PM
Interesting. I dug a little and found a copy online of the photo taken by this camera: http://www.blet602.org/602Photos/Album_2/Alton%20Limited.jpg
Posted by: Bruce Campbell at October 28, 2005 9:56 AM
Very cool! I was trying to find a photo taken by that camera, but couldn't find it! Thanks for sharing it with me. I think I will add it to my post!
Posted by: Adrian Hanft at October 29, 2005 4:39 PM