[rollei_list] Re: Press Cameras
- From: Kirk Thompson <thompsonkirk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Rollei List <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 22:33:10 -0700
Still OT, but:
Ms Dorfman doesn't have a monopoly on the film. Tracy Storer, custodian of the
20x24 Polaroid on the West Coast, says there's a refrigerated warehouse in CT
with a substantial supply of 20x24 Polaroid.
And Tracy is using the blueprints to hand-make/machine two more 20x24 cameras
and their integral stands, so we all still give 'em a try!
Mary Ellen Mark recently used one to make the publicity stills for the Coen
Bros' remake of 'True Grit.'
Kirk
> From: egoldste@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 22:07:09 -0400
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Press Cameras
> To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Charlie -
>
> As an ex-Cambridge and Polaroid shooter, you might be interested in
> knowing that Elsa Dorfman still uses a Polaroid 20 x 24 monster for
> her famous portraits... I believe she bought all of Polaroids
> remaining stock of the film...
>
> 25+ years ago I had the chance to take an insider's tour of a special
> room at Polaroid in Cambridge... one with a motorized view camera
> built into the wall. I do not remember how large the format was but we
> are talking many feet by many feet with motorized/robotic film
> handling and camera controls. I believe this set up was used for then
> state of the art miniaturization of electronic components, and the
> scale of it was humbling. I remember the lens was a custom one-off
> from Zeiss which cost over six figures in 1980s dollars.
>
> Eric Goldstein
>
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