My friend Steve Rosenblum sent me this. It's the entry from the town of Evergreen, Colorado, at the Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture competition. Taken with Steve's iPhone. The sculpture is 12 feet or so high, lending a new dimension to the "large" in large format. Steve says the rear was carved out like the inside of a bellows. (What, no ground glass back? Although I can see how that wouldn't have been as much fun.)
Mike
CORRECTION: The camera sculpture entry was not from the town of Evergreen, but from Team Loveland, Colorado. Sorry for the error.
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Featured Comment by Dave Karp: "I think Oren has one of these."
Featured Comment by Christian: "Taken with an iPhone, huh? Is it me or is that delightfully ironic?"
Featured Comment by Roger Bradbury: "The coolest camera of the year so far!"
Featured Comment by Robert Roaldi: "Imagine the tripod."
A sheet of pod ice would make a fine ground glass.
Posted by: Rob Atkins | Monday, 31 January 2011 at 11:30 AM
Are you sure this isn't a Michael Paul Smith photo?
Posted by: Jeff | Monday, 31 January 2011 at 12:07 PM
Not ground glass, ice.
Posted by: Kevin Bourque | Monday, 31 January 2011 at 12:33 PM
Dear Dave,
I think that's unfair to Oren. He'd never buy a lens whose front element was that badly frosted.
pax / Ctein
Posted by: ctein | Tuesday, 01 February 2011 at 01:33 AM
Dear Christian,
I think it is not ironic at all to photo your large format with iphone.
I normally take three "camera" out these day. One of them is iPhone4 (for local call) and another one is iPhone3gs (for China call). The third one is whatever it turns out. All my 8x10 photos have a iphone 4 photos (and mostly likely the screen dump of the "light meter" apps) for records.
In fact, it is the only way to "prove" that you are not insane to have that "thing" out. Or more likely try to claim down the boys and girls walk by and those comments about my skills. I just take my iphone out and then they will find that I am indeed one of them i.e. a normal human being and not an alien.
Dennis
Posted by: Dennis Ng | Tuesday, 01 February 2011 at 09:25 AM
it would have been awesome to make this into a giant pinhole camera!
Posted by: Garry | Tuesday, 01 February 2011 at 02:17 PM
"I think that's unfair to Oren. He'd never buy a lens whose front element was that badly frosted."
That's true. His ice camera would have a Rodenstock on it for sure.
Posted by: Dave Karp | Tuesday, 01 February 2011 at 11:12 PM
What tripod are you recommending ?
Posted by: Damen Stephens | Tuesday, 01 February 2011 at 11:39 PM
Maybe this will put the argument about what constitutes "full-frame" to rest.
Posted by: Dennis Allshouse | Wednesday, 02 February 2011 at 07:14 AM
Town of Breckenridge here: just a quick correction - it wasn't the Town of Evergreen's entry. It was Team Loveland, Colorado. Thanks for the post :)
Posted by: Kim DiLallo | Friday, 04 February 2011 at 12:19 PM