not the typical desert island

removed account4 · Feb 9, 2015

imagine yourself a time traveler.
you are able to go anywhere and you want with your camera.
you never have to put film in it, the camera runs endlessly,
and when you return home all the film is processed and proof prints are already made.

what camera would you bring with you?
is it the camera you feel most comfortable with or is it something else?
why did you bring the camera and what was it you photographed, and where did you go?

(if it is a culture that thought bad things of photographers
steals your soul, devil tool, or pre 1839 &c you are covered the people will play nice.
that is, unless you don't want them to ... )

frank · Feb 9, 2015

Cool thought exercise. All I can say so far is 120 HP5+ and Plaubel Makina 67w, my current favourite. Still need to decide where/when to go.

snapguy · Feb 9, 2015

not

The camera you seem to describe sounds like a d*g*t*l and all I ken say is ferget it.

frank · Feb 9, 2015

Okay then: lots of rolls of film in large cargo pants pockets.

Sirius Glass · Feb 9, 2015

Seen this movie may times before. It must be an internet virus.

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NedL · Feb 9, 2015

jnanian said:
....you never have to put film in it, the camera runs endlessly,
and when you return home all the film is processed and proof prints are already made.

Take it to DPUG!

I want a big box camera like my foamcore sliding box camera, but that will make big beautiful negatives ( film and paper ) for contact printing... I think I want it to make 10-2/3 x 18 inch and 12x20 inch negatives.... super smooth movements and focus.... bright ground glass with air conditioned dark cloth.

It's going to be harder to figure out where to go, but maybe somewhere now in ruins in its heyday, like ancient egypt Alexandria with the lighthouse and pyramids or maybe ancient Rome or Greece. 18th century London would be interesting... OK since we get to choose any time we want and the "natives" will be nice, forget that... I want dinosaurs. T-rex will pose for me with his most ferocious grin...

eddie · Feb 9, 2015

OK... I'll go into the future and take 8x10 nudes of Star Trek Voyager's 7 of 9. :w00t:

snapguy · Feb 9, 2015

tank

In that case I would take a tank -- my Nikon F -- and several prime lenses, 24mm to 200mm.

eddie · Feb 9, 2015

Actually, some people once saw me shooting my wooden field camera, and asked if I had time traveled from the past. I said, "Yes. To save the world from digital". So, I guess we're all time travelers of a sort.

removed account4 · Feb 9, 2015

snapguy said:
The camera you seem to describe sounds like a d*g*t*l and all I ken say is ferget it.

this has nothing to do with digital.

--
i am glad you saw the chemical rays of light

bdial · Feb 9, 2015

If I were a time traveler, I expect that I'd want to travel very light. So, I'd probably choose a small 35mm rangefinder of one sort or another.

Wallendo · Feb 9, 2015

I would time travel in my Tardis, with a built-in darkroom, and take all my cameras.

I would travel to Athens at it's peak. I have read that what we now see as grey stone statues were actually brightly colored when new.

MartinCrabtree · Feb 9, 2015

My F5,Nikkor 50-135 f3.5 Ai-S loaded with Delta 400. Pre settled North America to photograph those wonderful forests that used to cover it and the critters that inahbited it. I would truly love to see Appalachia before we destroyed it. Oh and I hope that includes unexhaustable batteries.

removed account4 · Feb 10, 2015

MartinCrabtree said:
My F5,Nikkor 50-135 f3.5 Ai-S loaded with Delta 400. Pre settled North America to photograph those wonderful forests that used to cover it and the critters that inahbited it. I would truly love to see Appalachia before we destroyed it. Oh and I hope that includes unexhaustable batteries.

yep battteries film and paper are all included in the trip

grahamp · Feb 10, 2015

Assuming that the (im)practicalities were taken care of, when would I like to photograph, and how?

The Moon landings. Probably with a TLR or scale-focus direct vision camera.

The breakthrough of the Mediterranean into what is now the Black Sea (might need a helicopter for that one) using large format and something portable for the air. that would literally be a big project, probably for the Pre-national Geographic papyrus edition...

American Bison about 200+ years ago. Probably something medium format.

There you have it. Human achievement, planetary evolution, and a near miss!

MartinCrabtree · Feb 10, 2015

jnanian said:
yep battteries film and paper are all included in the trip

So when do I leave?

NedL · Feb 10, 2015

I'm ready too. Drop by on your way to 65,000,000 BC. We should probably roast some coffee for the trip.

MartinCrabtree · Feb 10, 2015

Not going quite that far. Probably 1600 A.D. would be sufficient for my purposes. But I will take you up on the coffee.

dreamingartemis · Feb 10, 2015

My Nikon F6 or fm3a with my 17-35mm and lots of portra 400. The period - the 20th century and I want a stealth suit. Don't want to be seen or leave any record that I was there.

trythis · Feb 10, 2015

Some sort of stereo camera if developing includes viewing cards.
Always wanted to go to the 1904 worlds fair in St Louis

Sirius Glass · Feb 10, 2015

trythis said:
Some sort of stereo camera if developing includes viewing cards.
Always wanted to go to the 1904 worlds fair in St Louis

With or without the stereo headset?

trythis · Feb 10, 2015

Considering this sites affinity for analogue, would it be acceptable to carry a magnetic tape recorder or must I use an edison wax cylinder device?

frank · Feb 10, 2015

The time travel involves high magnetic fields, so go with the wax cylinders.

MartinCrabtree · Feb 11, 2015

Or digital.

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