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Slideshow: Camera Van Brakes for Close-Ups

An avid photography fan has built an extreme version of the classic pinhole camera. He converted a mail truck into a giant box camera that takes enormous pictures, and he's ready to go on tour. By Michelle Delio.
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The license plate on Peanut, Shaun Irving's camera van, says it all.

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Shaun Irving, with one of the giant negatives produced by Peanut, his camera van.
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Shaun Irving gets ready to make a photo. Peanut's shutter is a sheet of metal that slides between two lenses to block out the light.
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Shaun Irving and Peanut, the giant traveling camera he built out of surplus military parts and an old mail truck purchased on eBay.