Let's face it, staying at home brings attention to what projects you can accomplish with the time you are giving or even start that search for your dream camera. Which is exactly what I did. I have a previous blog post to 2014 when I went out to the Salton Sea with a couple of other photographers and for the first time saw a banquet camera. Specifically an 8x20 Deardorff. Seeing what such a wide format can capture enchanted me and has been in my brain up until this very day.
Ever since then, I had been saving my money and scouring eBay and online auctions until one showed up, and in that time I learned more about how rare of a size that is, and for a camera to show up in useable condition was even rarer. Thankfully I was alerted to Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers having a big auction of wooden cameras and lenses and was luckily enough to have won a bid for this beautiful Gundlach Korona 7x17"
Ever since then, I had been saving my money and scouring eBay and online auctions until one showed up, and in that time I learned more about how rare of a size that is, and for a camera to show up in useable condition was even rarer. Thankfully I was alerted to Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers having a big auction of wooden cameras and lenses and was luckily enough to have won a bid for this beautiful Gundlach Korona 7x17"
| In another post, I can go through the process of building a darkroom and tanks for this size format. This means there is only one thing left to tell, and it's the first social distance/ road trip using this camera. Destenation: Sedona, AZ |  |
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