The world's largest camera was created ... just to capture a panorama of a train

The world's largest camera was created in 1900 with the sole purpose of taking a picture of a train that was considered to be the most beautiful at the time.

In 1899, a new train called "The Alton Limited" was born in Pullman, Illinois, USA. The special thing is that this train is built and designed synchronously, creating symmetry quite special.

The impressive beauty of the design helped the ship become attractive in many people's eyes. To record the beauty of the train, the design team decided to create a giant camera, capable of capturing the whole train with the purpose of keeping as a souvenir.

The ship builders assigned the task to the photographer about George R. Lawrence in Chicago, USA.

World's largest camera.

At first, Lawrence intended to take photos in a partial fashion and put them together into panoramas while printing. But then, he decided to build a full-size camera to capture the entire train and above all increase the authenticity of the photo.

Lawrence wanted to create a camera that could capture a single picture on the mold of 2.4 x 1.3 meters.

Even so, making this large camera is not easy. Lawrence took two and a half months to complete it. Outside the camera is a natural cherry wood body, rubber tube with a black cloth inside.

The process of creating the world's largest camera.

The camera is about 6 meters long when expanded and weighs 635kg. Inside the camera uses two Carl Zeiss lenses including one that is wide-angle 1676mm lens and 3049mm telephoto lens.

The process of transporting camera parts to the location of the train.

The transportation of camera assembly materials to the shooting location is not simple and requires a lot of manpower.

The process of installing cameras also takes a lot of time.

A large number of workers are needed to set up and align the giant camera.

The camera needs at least a group of 15 people to set up and take exposure shots within 2.5 minutes.

This is a work taken from the world's largest camera.

The appearance of the panorama of the train due to the biggest camera in the world has captured many guests in the Paris Exhibition in 1900 to be surprised.

So far though cameras have become a popular item and everyone has it, but it is hard to forget the wonderful history of the old camera.