wanting a panoramic camera

[Lachlan 717]

I use a Schneider 72XL, Nikkor 90,Fuji 210 and Nikkor T450 and there is enough bellows.

Luis

Is there such a lens as a Nikkor T450?

[rich815]

I agree with some of the above: just crop your 4x5 shots by masking your ground glass. Done. You now have a pano camera.

[Jac@stafford.net]

One other reason to get the Shen: You'll be allowed to post your results here. The G617, being a P&S 120, is not considered LF on this site...

Seriously?

OP - there is also the Horseman 6x12 with 35mm Rodenstock Grandagon.

[Lachlan 717]

Seriously?

Yep. And so, too, most 6x12. It's tough enough to argue 6x17 is LF, let alone anything smaller.

6x17 is only tolerated if taken on a Field-style camera.

[Otto Seaman]

I wonder how many digital images are "misremembered" as large-format?

[Yo' Vinny]

I've got a 4x5 and an 8x10 on the way. I've shot 120 film on a 6x12 back as well as standard digital panoramic with nodal point swing equipment. You can't beat the convenience of digital panoramic and the stitching technology is better than ever, but there are still limitations. There is no discounted the 'single click' accuracy of large format wide lenses laid across a panoramic crop. 120 film is definitely more convenient than sheet film, but honestly I've reach a point where I go to film when I want the best results and have the patience and time to get the shot I really want. This is why I've committed myself to start taking 4x10 shots with an 8x10 half darkslide setup. I figure if it the scene is grand enough to lug the equipment there in the first place, it's good enough to permit the patience and eventual image quality of an 8x10 format cropped to landscape.

IMHO.

[rich815]

Some beautiful work there RR.

Can you cope with a nominal 6x12 on 120 film?

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You could build your own HolgAgon quite easily with just a few hand tools and a short list of bits from eBay. Mine cost me £167 to build in Rip Off Britain. It would be much less in the USA.

You can see some of the results here.

RR

[Vaughn]

Make a pano shaped mask and tape it to your 4x5 ground glass.

Jon

On larger formats I have modified darkslides to get two pano images on a single sheet of 8x10. But 4x5 film is cheap enough to just crop to one pano shot. The following are about 7x19 inch silver gelatin enlargements from 4x5 negatives. All with a 150mm lens.

[Otto Seaman]

Can you cope with a nominal 6x12 on 120 film?

Attachment 98501

You could build your own HolgAgon quite easily with just a few hand tools and a short list of bits from eBay. Mine cost me £167 to build in Rip Off Britain. It would be much less in the USA.

You can see some of the results here.

RR

I'm too lazy but somebody should do a little cottage industry run of these for $x hundred bucks.

[kim4650]

try with www.fotoman.cc
they have better panoramic , i have their 617 excellent camera .