Well it was a very interesting clip and what I found interesting was that he made his own equipment for the needs he had for the project he wanted to do. I have often thought of building a field camera. Maybe one day. With the old press cameras so inexpensive its more difficult to get motivated. --- On Tue, 12/9/08, dmoore <dmoore007@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: dmoore <dmoore007@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: 4*5 or digital - Robert Howlett > To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 7:02 AM > Great little film clip. It always amazes me what these early > photographers > went through to make images. The camera used reminds me of > the 20x24" > pinhole camera I made and used awhile ago, though I > didn't mess with mercury > or arsenic. > > > On 12/8/08 11:46 PM, "Howard" > <howard.leigh111@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Well in all the arguing about 4*5 film or digital I > was fascinated by > > this brief slide show on the BBC web site: > > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7753000/7753202.stm > > > > Now that's what I call REAL photography... what a > camera! and what a set > > of images! > > > > Howard > >
