aslan_ivo Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 OK, so what was the world's largest photograph ever taken? FILM photograph, that is. On a SINGLE negative. http://aslanivo.wordpress.com/2005/12/22/try-hanging-that-in-your-living-room/<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 You should have seen the enlarger built for those negatives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beepy Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Stop:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael_gudzinowicz1 Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Kodak Colorama - Grand Central http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/coloramas/colorama.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg lockrey Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 How about the 40x106" Polaroid in New York?<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gluteal cleft Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 While they aren't the largest ever, I remember seeing something about some pictures that were taken after the great San Fran earthquake on glass plates which were 4 feet across. What DID make the feat incredible is that they were taken from *kites* flying over the city! steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen hazelton Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 I was reading up a bit on the Lawrence Captive Airship just now. He apparently used negative film for that, about 20"x48" sheets, curved, with a rotating lens. Same guy that did the train shot did this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aslan_ivo Posted December 22, 2005 Author Share Posted December 22, 2005 One of the links on my blog is to a longish article on Lawrence's camera that was used to take that photograph of SF post-quake. Apparently, he made some very interesting alterations to the shutter to ensure depth of field to get the horizon sharp: The shutter hole was opened more in the bottom than on the top! The stuff he did --lifting cameras with 17 kits and reloading it in midair?? The man was a real genius. The link's here somewherehttp://aslanivo.wordpress.com/2005/12/22/try-hanging-that-in-your-living-room/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aslan_ivo Posted December 22, 2005 Author Share Posted December 22, 2005 oh and the picture I posted way above is of Lawrence's railroad camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alec_kennedy Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 I have a book called Panoramic Photography by Joseph Meehan. In it he refers to a 1904 panorama print measuring 5 ft by 40 ft long depicting the Gulf of Naples. This single print was made from six separate 8 1/4 X 10 1/2 inch negs through an enlarger onto the bromide paper. The print was processed on a vertical wheel of 41 ft circumference. The processing solutions were in three troughs which ran on a railway line under the huge print wheel. Then the print was washed in a 50 ft trough holding 3000 gals of water. The whole process was done in the open and at night. <p> Maybe not the biggest negatives but one huge print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike ortega Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Wow thanks for the inspiration. I had no clue about such big cameras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg lockrey Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 You really don't need a large negative to produce a large print, just a good pixal interpolation program ;)<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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