20x24 Mammoth

[Ty G]

I recently finished a 20x24 wet plate collodion camera for a customer. Instead of loading this server with images, here is a link to the page on my site,

http://www.tyguillory.com/20x24%20Mammoth%20Page.htm

 

[rrankin]

What a gorgeous piece of work. Cheers, Richard

 

[Jeff Kubach]

That is a heck of a camera! You did a excellent work on it.

Jeff

 

[benjiboy]

wonderful workmanship, but you forgot to fit neck strap lugs

 

[Rob Skeoch]

Very Cool.
What would be the working distance from the subject if you were doing a normal half length portrait?

-rob

 

[Andrew K]

can you call a camera a work of art?

 

[Mark Fisher]

Wow, those people next to it must be awfully short.....a camera couldn't possibly be that big... I will have to say, though, that is the first "tripod" I've seen with storage! Amazing. I'd love to see Rob coat a plate that big!

 

[Ty G]

Rob, as I'm sure you know, a lot depends upon the lens. With the two we mounted on that camera, a portrait distance for a bust is about 4 feet away.

Thanks all for the kind words. I have actually got to get started on another just like it heading to Kansas.

 

[Perry Way]

WOW! Mammoth is right! I do not think this will fit in my backpack hehe

 

[Colin Corneau]

Ty's cameras are indeed works of art -- no question.

When I win that lottery this week, this is one of the first phone calls I'm gonna make.

 

[Rob Skeoch]

Can you make the same camera with a back for regular film?

-rs

 

[andrewkirkby]

The camera looks awesome!

What lens does one use on a camera that big?

Also, I have only heard of Ilford films in that size... or DIY plate

 

[Ty G]

Rob, I don't know. Yes I reckon I could and get with S&S about a filmholder. A film version could possibly be made lighter as the frame doesn't have to support a huge glass plate.

Andrew, all the cameras that I make are for wet plate collodion, so they are DIY plates, either metal or glass.