Now THAT'S a LENS!!

[DrEntropy]

 

[Basil]

Not exactly a pocket camera is it!

 

[equiprx]

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That's obviously a little person holding a Brownie.

 

[Basil]

That's obviously a little person holding a Brownie.

A very little person

 

[DrEntropy]

Glad that by the time I was Aerial Combat Camera photog they'd made the surveillance cameras remote controlled by the pilots! Bad enuff to have a Nikon-F drilling into your crotch at a 4-G load.

 

[PAUL161]

So much has improved today a cell phone camera would more than likely take far better images than that monstrosity could! Of course, we are talking approximately 80 years ago.

 

[GregW]

Here's a website of photos taken with that type of camera during WW2.

These Photos Were Shot Handheld Out a B-24 Bomb Bay in WWII

During World War II, the US Air Force used massive cameras to capture aerial photographs for the purposes of mapping and reconnaissance. The resulting

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