Buntrock-Salie Photography has the ability to produce quality color or black and white panoramic prints that range in size from 5 1/2 inches wide by 14 inches long to 10 inches wide by 75 inches long and include up to 360 degrees of view. In the past these photographs have included a wide variety of subjects such as antique cars and machinery, weddings, family reunions, architecture, legal, and scenes of British Columbia, Canada, Alaska, Colorado, Texas, Louisiana, and Iowa. Additionally, Buntrock-Salie Photography, has on permanent display at Rocky Mountain National Park visitor center a panoramic photograph of the Rocky Mountains.

Bob Ansorge, President of Buntrock-Salie Photography, has lectured on the photographic processing of panoramic photographs at the International Association of Panoramic Photography conference and is one of two panoramic photographers in the state of Iowa.
If you would be interested in having a Panoramic Picture taken or printed, please contact us.

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Short History of Panoramic Photography
The concept of panoramic photography has been in existence almost from the day photography was invented. Registered patents dated 1843 in Austria and Germany indicate the design for a Daguerreotype Panoramic Camera which was made and used to photograph public squares, barracks and masses of troops. Panoramic photography places one into a central position and views a scene in every direction. This type of panoramic photograph should not be confused by the recent introduction of panoramic style "Point-and-Shoot" or "Panoramic Disposable" Cameras, that use a mild wide angle lens and photographs a narrow strip.

A true panoramic picture is taken using a Cirkut camera. The Cirkut Camera is built with an internal motor that pulls film past a vertical slot counterclockwise at a pre-selected speed. At the same time, the motor rotates the camera itself in the opposite direction (clockwise) on the geared tripod at the same relative speed that the roll film is moving past the exposure slot. Thus, that portion of film being exposed is, in effect, stationary. The standard camera is capable of taking pictures of different angles of view, including a 360 degree single exposure 12.5 feet long using a 24" telephoto lens. Thus the negative for a Cirkut camera is the SAME size as the print! The most widely used large format panoramic camera in America has been the No. 10 Cirkut Camera for 10" film. Invented in Wyoming and manufactured in Rochester, NY from 1904 to 1940, this field-camera-on-a-turntable remains the choice of many leading panoramic professionals to this day. Other models of Cirkut cameras manufactured were the No. 5, No. 6, No. 8 and No.16. The camera used by Buntrock-Salie Photography is a No. 10 Cirkut Camera that was made in 1918.

For more information concerning panoramic photography visit the International Association of Panoramic Photographers webpage.
Buntrock - Salie Photography • 714 Lake Ave. • Storm Lake, IA 50588 • Phone 712-732-1710