I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
Edward Steichen
Thanks for the link. It's a neat story and a cool ending to a bygone era. Living in Orange County, I have spent my life watching these jets fly over our neighborhoods. It's going to be a sad day. If they ever tear down those giant lighter-than-air hangers, I will really be upset!!!! :cry
It's like a Steven Wright joke. You can just imagine him saying...
"I have the world's biggest camera...it's the size of an airplane hangar...
...yesterday I bought a fast zoom lens for it...
...it's a 70-300...
...meters..."
It's like a Steven Wright joke. You can just imagine him saying...
"I have the world's biggest camera...it's the size of an airplane hangar...
...yesterday I bought a fast zoom lens for it...
...it's a 70-300...
...meters..."
If you like that kind of thing you should check out Abelardo Morell's _Camera Obscura_. Heck, you should check it out even if you don't, it is an amazing piece of work.
You just know that there has to be some light leakage problems. Or better yet, some idiot will open a door and ruin the entire project on day 9.
I am curious how the development process will work. I had some film ruined during development years ago when I loaded the reel wrong. Film stuck together will not develop properly. They must be using one heck of a large developing tank to keep it from sticking together. Either that or becuase it is a cloth material the developer will penetrate.
Thanks for the link. It's a neat story and a cool ending to a bygone era. Living in Orange County, I have spent my life watching these jets fly over our neighborhoods. It's going to be a sad day. If they ever tear down those giant lighter-than-air hangers, I will really be upset!!!! :cry
Keep in mind the photo project is at El Toro, the blimp hangers are at the helicopter station in Tustin. Two different bases, I made the same mistake at first upon reading the article (my first thought was why aren't they using those blimp hangers if they REALLY want to go big?). AFAIK, at least one of them has been declared a historic monument and is safe. Other than that I'm not sure of the status of the base except there's a new building going up along Redhill--less hoopla over this one than El Toro.
I would imagine access to the building is restricted still--it was recently a military installation after all.
You just know that there has to be some light leakage problems. Or better yet, some idiot will open a door and ruin the entire project on day 9.
The great thing about a 10-day exposure is that you could probably leave a door open for an hour and it wouldn't ruin the picture.
I was always very bad at loading film onto the old metal reels in the dark.
I love digital...
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edited June 16, 2006
For those who are too lazy to click the link, I live in Irvine (right next door) and have the newspaper article right here in front of me:
- The photo will be 28x108 feet in size, it is basically a 1,200 lb. piece of canvas coated with "sensitizer"...
- The "apeture" of this camera is a 3/4 inch diameter pinhole in the hangar's opposite wall.
- The "shutter speed" may run up to 1.8 million seconds. (3 weeks)
- The image will be developed in a make-shift pool requiring 800 gallons of chemistry!
- They used 200 cans of filler foam to completely light-proof the hangar...
- The grand total of the project is $25,000
Here's a quick math problem to separate the real geeks from the impostors: Assuming "sunny sixteen" and ASA 100, what would be the f-stop of the 3/4 inch hole? I'll start you off with a hint: It is currently light outside for approx. 14 hours and 20 minutes, and I'd assume that nights will have negligible effect on the exposure.
As far as I can tell, it's somewhere around f/262144.
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Doesn't Andy have one of these. . . or did he sell it already:D
I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But I was coming to realize that the real magician was light itself.
Edward Steichen
He had one, but he sent it off to be modded for IR...
And no tripod! I love it.
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
"I have the world's biggest camera...it's the size of an airplane hangar...
...yesterday I bought a fast zoom lens for it...
...it's a 70-300...
...meters..."
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I am curious how the development process will work. I had some film ruined during development years ago when I loaded the reel wrong. Film stuck together will not develop properly. They must be using one heck of a large developing tank to keep it from sticking together. Either that or becuase it is a cloth material the developer will penetrate.
http://help.smugmug.com
Keep in mind the photo project is at El Toro, the blimp hangers are at the helicopter station in Tustin. Two different bases, I made the same mistake at first upon reading the article (my first thought was why aren't they using those blimp hangers if they REALLY want to go big?). AFAIK, at least one of them has been declared a historic monument and is safe. Other than that I'm not sure of the status of the base except there's a new building going up along Redhill--less hoopla over this one than El Toro.
I would imagine access to the building is restricted still--it was recently a military installation after all.
http://www.chrislaudermilkphoto.com/
The great thing about a 10-day exposure is that you could probably leave a door open for an hour and it wouldn't ruin the picture.
I was always very bad at loading film onto the old metal reels in the dark.
I love digital...
- The photo will be 28x108 feet in size, it is basically a 1,200 lb. piece of canvas coated with "sensitizer"...
- The "apeture" of this camera is a 3/4 inch diameter pinhole in the hangar's opposite wall.
- The "shutter speed" may run up to 1.8 million seconds. (3 weeks)
- The image will be developed in a make-shift pool requiring 800 gallons of chemistry!
- They used 200 cans of filler foam to completely light-proof the hangar...
- The grand total of the project is $25,000
Here's a quick math problem to separate the real geeks from the impostors: Assuming "sunny sixteen" and ASA 100, what would be the f-stop of the 3/4 inch hole? I'll start you off with a hint: It is currently light outside for approx. 14 hours and 20 minutes, and I'd assume that nights will have negligible effect on the exposure.
As far as I can tell, it's somewhere around f/262144.
Take care fellow camera geeks,
-Matt-
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