Just too weird to pass up: A "hand held" 11x14 camera!!!

[Daniel Grenier]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15248&item=3851006122&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

This struck me as just too weird (and comical) not to share. A hand held 11x14 camera? LOL! Is this a burst of photographic enthusiasm gone horribly wrong?

 

[rbarker]

A perfect match for someone who already has a Gowlandflex 8x10 TLR, I'm sure.

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

Hey, I've made a mount so that I can use my 8x10" Gowland PocketView on a pistol grip with a 120mm lens. It's kind of in between a Hobo and a Sinar Handy. It has two focus positions--8 ft. and infinity. I just need to figure out a viewfinder for it.

 

[esearing]

Put a .8mm pinhole on that puppy and you have a great big, heavy, pinhole camera.
Based on calcs at mrpinhole.com

.8mm pinhole at 14.25" focal length gives an image circle of 27".
fstop is ~452
angle of view about 55degrees.(film dimensions 10.5 x 10.5 = 14.85)
iso 100 sunny day exposure is 8seconds.

 

[arkoshkobash]

Isn't it really a 10x10 handheld camera?

 

[arkoshkobash]

Maybe you could make a rollfilm back for it and shoot 9 1/2" aerial film?