Yeah Yeah Yeah, It's Huge, You Ain't gonna carry it around but

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It's still a neat old LARGE Format Camera that actually has some a good pedegree
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-AGFA-ANS...QQcmdZViewItem
The seller has a couple other large old boys that would kill you taking it to a mountain top but if you want to follow Old Ansel's style you need a big boy like this! Love the 480mm lens on this baby.

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That is cool! How long do the batteries last and how in the heck do you turn it on? LOL.
I would like to learn how to use such a beast!

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Here is the table that it sat on
http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-AGFA-ANS...QQcmdZViewItem
Man this was NOT a portable system!

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Don't know how you would get plates to use in this or if it can be adapted to use current film with darkslides but I guarantee you the detail that you would get in your negatives would blow even a medium format away.
You could blow up pics to make those supergraphics that they hang on the sides of skyscrapers with this baby.

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Did you notice in the description that he says it doesn't have provision for tripod mounting? I guess Lester Bogen never got around to making a ball mount for this one!

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Actually it has a table that comes with it-it is also listed for sale- and the table has adjustments for tilting the camera in all directions to some extent.

I'm really curious as to what this will sell for-the lens itself has to be worth some $$. After researching the company name this camera was made sometime between 1928 and 1944 and most likely in the 30's which means during the depression and since it was probably a high dollar item not many were made most likely.

They don't say what it weighs but I would bet close to 50 lbs.