Makes Big Candid Camera (Jun, 1939)
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Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jun, 1939
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Tags: giant sized
Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jun, 1939
| Buy on Ebay
Tags: giant sized
Makes Big Candid Camera
USING the back of an old view camera, the front of an old reflex camera, the finder from a Speed Graphic and the range finder from a Leica, Fred R. Jolly, of Peoria, Ill., has assembled what is believed to be the largest candid camera in existence, taking an 8×10 negative. The novel camera is equipped with a synchronized flash and the synchronizer is used to trip the shutter at all times, whether the flash is used or not.
You’d hardly notice him there taking those candid shots . . .
Comment by IanM — January 21, 2008 @ 4:56 am
Aargh! That poor Leica!
Comment by CharlesH. — January 21, 2008 @ 2:20 pm
I used to shoot with a 4×5 Speed Graphic. I can’t imagine hand holding an 8×10 camera back.
Comment by Mike Brisendine — January 23, 2008 @ 6:59 pm