I know my Pentax 6x7 is a beefy camera and all, and if it came to fisticuffs, I am pretty sure it would beat the tar out of most other cameras these days. But on this day I think it met its match. This is
Sean, yes I actually work with him, and yes he is wearing a gas mask (he carries one with him most places). He is wielding a Fairchild 4x5 aerial camera. It is meant to be operated from airplanes and from the feel of it, could survive being dropped out of one too (the camera that is, not Sean). It shoots what I am guessing was a 4x5 roll film. That's right, as if a single sheet wasn't enough they actually and apparently made this stuff in a roll-film format. Unfortunately you cannot seem to get it anymore, so I am planning on loading this camera with a roll of 5 inch paper instead. Now I just need to find an airplane...
Easily the coolest part of this camera is the cocking/winding mechanism. Think of a lever-action shotgun and you are getting close...
