Panoramic Photos
I've use the #10 Cirkut Camera for my bread and butter work since 1983.
This camera rotates while pulling a 10" roll of film past a slit in the film back. The camera will do as many degrees of rotation as you want, but my usual is a 10"x46" negative of about 170 degrees.
Film for this camera is expensive ($30-45 per shot), so I tend not to do a lot of snapshooting with it. Most of my panoramics are large group photos (people, cars, tractors, whatever) and I also do some scenic views. I'll be putting some examples of each here as I get them scanned.
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Groups
This may be the smallest group photo I've made--only 3 cars. But what cars they are! Two examples of the Tucker 48, along with the prototype "Tin Goose" (center). 51 of these cars were built and 47 still exist today. This was at the national convention of the Tucker Automobile Club of America in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I also photographed the club members (along with Tucker chief stylist Alex Tremulis) with the cars, but this was the picture I liked best.
Views
Halfdome and high country, Yosemite National Park, California.
Original print-10x59"
Blackwater Falls, West Virginia
Original print-9 1/2x56"
New Harbor, Maine
Original print-9 1/4x57"
Frienship Harbor, Maine
Original print-8 1/2x57"
All photos and text ©2001 by Mark Crabtree
This page last updated 5/11/01
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