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"Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough." -Walter Cronkite, RE TV news. The Web has changed that for many, however, and here is an extra dose for your daily news cocktail. This prescription tends to include surveillance and now war-related links, along with the occasional pop culture junk and whatever else seizes my attention as I scan online news sites.:: 8.07.2003 ::
:: A Truck-Sized Pinhole ::
From Wired:
Camera Van Brakes for Close-Ups
By Michelle Delio
When Shaun Irving goes on vacation he doesn't have to worry about forgetting his camera -- he'll be driving it.
Irving has built what he believes to be the world's largest traveling camera on gas-powered wheels. It's certainly the only camera that gets 15 miles per gallon.
He constructed the machine, dubbed Peanut, out of an old mail-delivery truck he bought on eBay and surplus military parts, including a lens that came straight from a submarine periscope. The camera truck takes photos that are 4 feet tall and 8 feet wide -- more than 3,000 times larger than the typical negative.
It's essentially one step above a pinhole camera, the standard prop used in introductory photography classes. Irving composes his images by driving closer to or further away from his subjects and stands inside the camera to make the images.
"It's amazing to be inside a camera as it takes a picture," said Irving. "You step in there, shut all the doors, and you see this projection of everything outside ... only it's upside-down.
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