RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
6 volt auto battery light, for the investigators.
Some old Photos for your enjoyment
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RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
If you go to the Krieger page on Wikipedia, it shows that very picture, 1906 Model.
Dusty Bannister
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Could that camera be a Speed Grapic 4x5 with flash? Those used negative plates which would be carted around in a wood and metal box to keep them unexposed.
RBHarter
West Central AR
The car was 3 yr old in Oct 57' .....
Air force documentation , likely there were many cameras on scene . There's no immediate scale for the cage/box or lamp assy , I'm inclined to say camera gear . It's possible it was gear from the aircraft . There were a lot of mounted cameras available by then that weren't the classic 8mm or studio rigs . Knowing the typical overkill protocols and a little about the gear it's not impossible that that is a self contained camera rig that was designed for a particular bracket with its own power supply inverter etc .
Air force documentation , likely there were many cameras on scene . There's no immediate scale for the cage/box or lamp assy , I'm inclined to say camera gear . It's possible it was gear from the aircraft . There were a lot of mounted cameras available by then that weren't the classic 8mm or studio rigs . Knowing the typical overkill protocols and a little about the gear it's not impossible that that is a self contained camera rig that was designed for a particular bracket with its own power supply inverter etc .
glassparman
"OK, OK, I'm going as fast as I don't want to go!"
Dusty, like this one that belonged to my father? He used it in High School and took and developed all the pictures for the HS newspaper in Glendale, CA. I should post some of his old crash photos.
Dusty Bannister
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Exactly what I was thinking of given that huge flash attachment. I used one of those to take photos from a police helicopter one time. Keep the bellows out of the slip stream, do not lay anything down or it will be out the door. That has been a long, long time ago. 35 MM was so much easier to use in that environment, but the quality just was not there.
Missionary
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"Garanteed to make ya blink camera".... My dad had a B&W "hobby" and developed his own photos in the basement in the old coal bin. But he never had one of those big cameras.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Yeah, but I think back then Senators were appointed by the states they represented. A sort of ulitmate thank you for political patronage. Hmmm, stil applies in some cases, but at least then they could get thrown out on their ear when tastes changed back home!
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Yep, direct election of senators wasn't until April 8th, 1913, when the 17th Amendment passed.
Missionary
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I think ILL-nois still operates however the party boss feels..... Commy to the core !
glassparman
"OK, OK, I'm going as fast as I don't want to go!"
Rocky, I have found that the old school stuff on glass plates or even the large format such as 4x5 did a wonderful job in Black and White. I have actually started to get back into large format and my old Yashica 124G in 120 film. You can still order it and get it developed or you can get your own enlarger setup for even more fun!
My great Uncle was Harry Pidgeon, the Sailor. You can google him. He was a Photographer in the lumber camps in central California before he was a sailor but he was the second man to circumnavigate the globe by himself and he did it three times. Well, the last time he cracked up the boat in New Hebrides during a storm but nonetheless, he was a great photographer. I have some large format negatives and some glass plates of his and I also have a full size scanner with a transparency adapter so I can scan slides and such. I have scanned some of his stuff and the quality is crazy good for the times.
My great Uncle was Harry Pidgeon, the Sailor. You can google him. He was a Photographer in the lumber camps in central California before he was a sailor but he was the second man to circumnavigate the globe by himself and he did it three times. Well, the last time he cracked up the boat in New Hebrides during a storm but nonetheless, he was a great photographer. I have some large format negatives and some glass plates of his and I also have a full size scanner with a transparency adapter so I can scan slides and such. I have scanned some of his stuff and the quality is crazy good for the times.
JWFilips
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Glass 8x10 negatives were the epitome of high quality ..........even to this day!
The image was produced on a very flat surface of the glass plate and by using a large F/ number the photographer could record extreme sharpness and details!
That is why I love browsing shorpy.com archives! They even have some images from 11x14 glass negatives.
Also the quality of the printing papers were higher quality back then because silver was cheap!
The image was produced on a very flat surface of the glass plate and by using a large F/ number the photographer could record extreme sharpness and details!
That is why I love browsing shorpy.com archives! They even have some images from 11x14 glass negatives.
Also the quality of the printing papers were higher quality back then because silver was cheap!
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glassparman
"OK, OK, I'm going as fast as I don't want to go!"
Deeper as in focal length yes. Just like your eyes when you squint. A small aperture or opening, creates a longer depth of field and sharper image but also lets in less light so you need longer exposure time. Artistically, some really like to open it up all the way to blur the background to accentuate what they are focused on.
I just think the old black and white film had much smaller grains of silver halide crystals. You could do some nice stuff if you shut down the aperture and took a longer exposure with B&W.
Not that I was ever a pro or anything, I was by all means and still am a novice but we used colored filters to apply different contrasting effects on the B&W image. There is a real science to it.
I just think the old black and white film had much smaller grains of silver halide crystals. You could do some nice stuff if you shut down the aperture and took a longer exposure with B&W.
Not that I was ever a pro or anything, I was by all means and still am a novice but we used colored filters to apply different contrasting effects on the B&W image. There is a real science to it.
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glassparman
"OK, OK, I'm going as fast as I don't want to go!"
You guys got my interest up now. I'm gonna get my Fathers old photographs out and scan some of the old race and crash stuff in for this thread.