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OT: Big Polaroid (was digital sharpness...)

2002-09-08 by Peter Marquis-Kyle

This talk of 3ft x 6ft Polaroid has me intrigued. 

I knew about the little 20in x 24in one, as used by Elsa Dorfman 
[ http://elsa.photo.net/index.html ] 
and field cameras made by Wisner 
[ http://www.wisner.com/Page13.html ]
but 3ft x 6ft -- I'd like to see that!

Anyone know a URL?

Peter Marquis-Kyle


> > Moreno writes:
> >
> > > ... it's pretty hard to beat a 3ft x 6ft polaroid.
> >
> > Are those cameras still around?  How many are there, and who is using them
> > (and for what purposes)?
> 
> The last I heard a NY photographer did a series of (literally) life-sized
> portraits of surviving 911 firefighters and policemen. I believe Polaroid
> has two of the cameras, and they're only available for inhouse rental. I
> think one of the major uses would be art documentation.

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