The Maxback Breaks the World Record for Biggest Camera Sensor
With an impressive number of zeroes attached to the price tag, the Maxback is the world's largest camera sensor and its cost rivals that of a small house (before the market crash, anyway).
Mitchell Feinberg is a very specific type of photographer. Luxury homes, expensive cars and priceless jewelry are his bread and butter. Normally, he shoots on 8x10 film, which provides incredibly vivid photographs, but at a steep price. Considering Feinberg captures nearly 10 images per editorial, the $15 cost of each still and the dwindling world supply of Polaroid film, the professional cameraman had to jimmy-rig a solution. The Maxback was commissioned by Feinberg himself -- the 8-by-10-inch camera back is monolithic when compared to normal digital camera sensors, which rarely go beyond 4.5 cm by 6 cm.
This kind of DIY solution, although expensive, will eventually save Mitchell Feinberg from the $50,000 annual fee he paid for Polaroid film. And hey, who knows, he might even rent it out to fellow shutterbugs!
Mitchell Feinberg is a very specific type of photographer. Luxury homes, expensive cars and priceless jewelry are his bread and butter. Normally, he shoots on 8x10 film, which provides incredibly vivid photographs, but at a steep price. Considering Feinberg captures nearly 10 images per editorial, the $15 cost of each still and the dwindling world supply of Polaroid film, the professional cameraman had to jimmy-rig a solution. The Maxback was commissioned by Feinberg himself -- the 8-by-10-inch camera back is monolithic when compared to normal digital camera sensors, which rarely go beyond 4.5 cm by 6 cm.
This kind of DIY solution, although expensive, will eventually save Mitchell Feinberg from the $50,000 annual fee he paid for Polaroid film. And hey, who knows, he might even rent it out to fellow shutterbugs!
