#16 cirkut camera

The above camera is a #16 cirkut camera, also from around 1914. The cost of one of

these cameras new was almost $600.00. They only made about 100 of them between 1906 and 1940.

The standard lense on the #16 was a Turner Reich 15"-24"-36"triple convertable.

With the longest lense, a 360 degree shot will be almost 20 feet long (by 16" high)

I'm only set up to shoot up to ten foot long negs. using cirkuts today requires being handy

at making stuff, or finding someone that is. I got this camera on ebay, but it was originally

owned by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company in Montana. It didn't have the tripod legs,

gearhead, Lense, or various other parts, and needed a lot of work.. The biggest job was

getting someone to cut the 20" diameter 600 tooth 32 pitch gearhead.

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