Big Camera

Boston Camera

This is the enormous camera carried by the B-36 in the early fifties.  It was built in 1951, the year I started first grade.  Designed by Dr. James Baker, it was manufactured by Boston University.  It recorded its images on an 18x36 inch negative.  It had a 240 inch f/8 lens.  It weighed 3.25 tons.  It was the largest aerial camera ever built.

It was mounted in a C-97 during the Berlin Airlift but its effectiveness was limited by the restricted altitude of 10,000 ft.  It was most effective at 40,000 ft.

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