Time traveler?
Jun 29, 2022 13:48:53 #
LouV
Loc: Juno Beach, FL
I saw it also and was surprised. I know the cameras and sheet film are still around but I didn’t expect to see a photojournalist still using one. Strictly for newspaper reproduction the large format is unnecessary. But if he wants to make larger archival prints for the historical record it makes sense.
Jun 29, 2022 13:59:09 #
Notice he has his modern camera hanging on his neck, probably just playing a bit. No problem getting the shot if he wanted.
Jun 29, 2022 14:51:37 #
CPR wrote:
Notice he has his modern camera hanging on his neck, probably just playing a bit. No problem getting the shot if he wanted.
Saw that.
Hard to tell with the low resolution, but it looks like a Nikon film camera and an older 105mm f2.5 P with the hood reversed.
Jun 29, 2022 16:02:42 #
colt4x5 wrote:
David Burnett is a seasoned pro, and respected by his colleagues. Vietnam, White House, Olympics ... He knows exactly what he's up to, and his images - yes, even with film - are stellar.
As for his lack of a flash, there's plenty of light in those hearing chambers for a 400-speed film (or even 320).
As for his lack of a flash, there's plenty of light in those hearing chambers for a 400-speed film (or even 320).
Yes, David knows what he is doing. Those rooms are lit for photography and TV. It's not like the days of the McCarthy hearings of the 1950s!
Jun 29, 2022 19:41:39 #
Jay Drew
Loc: Boise, Id.
GoofyNewfie wrote:
Looks like a Graflex RB Super D
A 4x5 SLR.
Watch the video for some interesting features.
Reminds me of my Mamiya RB 67, only a lot bigger!
A 4x5 SLR.
Watch the video for some interesting features.
Reminds me of my Mamiya RB 67, only a lot bigger!
My mother had a 4x5 Graflex that was the current mocel in 1950 (whatever model that was, IIRC it was a “D”). I used this camera to take the 1st of many pictures that were published in the Columbus Dispatch from 1950 to 1957, when I lost interest in photography to cars & girls. Actually I got a new Rollie 2.8 in 1954 & I didn't need to lug the Graflex around any longer. I have no idea how as an 8 year old kid I managed hand hold the Graflex, focus, set the shutter speed, cock the shutter, cock the f-stop, pull the dark slide & shoot & remember to insert the slide w/ the dark side out, turn the holder over & repeat. Perhaps it was just dumb luck but I did it many times over until 1954. This was a shot of a bull that had escaped the stock yard a few miles away being wrangled into a trailer by a couple of cowboys. I honestly don't think I could remember to do all that today while hand holding the Graflex in a time critical situation. Also amazing to me is that I had little to no idea how to expose film. Fortunately large format film had a large latitude & over exposure didn't matter much.
Now if I only had that kind of intuition for digital photography today.
Jun 29, 2022 20:17:27 #
Jun 29, 2022 21:23:06 #
Hip Coyote wrote:
Nope. Probably getting good pics. But I also suspect there is a bit of look at me in all that.
Jun 30, 2022 10:40:13 #
rcarol wrote:
I suggest that he is using sheet film rather than plates.
This camera might also be using a digital back such as the LargeSense LS 45. Here is one option of what can be connected. --Richard
Jun 30, 2022 14:28:05 #
Tote1940 wrote:
Watching CSpan Jan 6th hearing a gentleman with large format plate camera?
No flash?
Time traveler or digital plate?
Are there plates to capture photos like plates used on XRays?
No flash?
Time traveler or digital plate?
Are there plates to capture photos like plates used on XRays?
That looks like film in his left hand. The look of the tog on the edge of the frame is priceless!
Jun 30, 2022 14:29:56 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Of course there is still sheet film available but can he do it with no flash?
And THERE is a good question. They probably have it well lit for the TV cameras.
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