Topic: Early 1900s Pano Camera?

[Skorj]

Interesting camera that made this for sure:



Redondo Hotel, early 1900s I suppose. Any idea the machine, as it would seem to me an uncommon format & result from the time. From Ron Felsing's Fickle Set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ron_felsing/. Skj.

[LT]

The tell-tale horizon curve suggests a swing lens camera - they were quite common from the late 1800 onwards.

Maybe this one:


image courtesy of wikipedia

[LT]

Or this one (same make, better picture):

[Skorj]

Thanks! Brilliant results. Skj.

[Francois]

On the earliest panoramic swing lens cameras, they actually were using curved glass plates to take the image.

The Kodak Panoram series are also quite interesting as they were using a paddle fan in a case to control the speed at which the spring pulled the lens...

[sapata]

On the earliest panoramic swing lens cameras, they actually were using curved glass plates to take the image.

The Kodak Panoram series are also quite interesting as they were using a paddle fan in a case to control the speed at which the spring pulled the lens...

I remember seeing one of those on ebay Francois, not cheap at all as expected.

[LT]

Here's some pics taken with a modern version of the camera (Horizon 202):

[Ed Wenn]

In my few sorties in the 'way back machine' looking into the roots of what it is we've ended up with in photography, one of the things that struck me was just how many weird and wonderful formats (i.e. aspect ratios) there were out there in the early days. As a result there were quite a few pano-aspect cameras on the market even way, way back. One thing I read which I liked a lot was that pano cams were sometimes referred to as 'banquet cameras' because they were often used to take group photos at large social gatherings....like banquets.

[Francois]

I just love those old banquet pictures. My grandpa had a few of them... which are now somewhere in the basement. From memory, there was a knights of columbus shot and a hockey team shot...