05-22-2022, 01:12 AM
https://www.dpreview.com/news/8730647392...-wet-plate
Markus Hofstätter is known for creating elaborate large format cameras and contraptions, but one of his most recent projects goes above and beyond anything we’ve seen before. For this project, Hofstätter brought back to life a 73kg (160lb) ultra-large format flatbed scanner so he can better scan all but the largest of photographs he captures on his array of large format cameras.
While the project itself took three months to complete, the journey started years ago. Hofstätter had been wanting a means to scan his massive wet plates, but could never wrangle up a scanner that would get the job done. That all changed though when a friend of his notified him about a Screen Cézanne EFT-S5500 scanner that was up for sale.
This ultra-large scanner weighs roughly as much as a full-grown human and is so large that it barely fit in the rear of his SUV when he picked it up and just managed to squeeze through his front door when he brought it inside. And the logistics were just the start of the road ahead.
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