With few past opportunities, I'm considering doing some black and white panoramic work.
What are different panoramic formats that work well and why?
With few past opportunities, I'm considering doing some black and white panoramic work.
What are different panoramic formats that work well and why?
My own voice never goes past a 1x2 aspect ratio. I would like to think that "the more you speak, the less you have to say." But I have seen some good 1x3 pictures. Longer than that is more about technique, less about compelling vision. YMMV.
Shilesh Jani
I'm not sure what you consider to be an ideal panoramic format that works well. There are plenty of ways to do panoramas. If you are looking for specific camera formats, then you have 4x10, 5x12, 7x17, 8x20, 12x20 (and no doubt others that are more exotic). Some people use rollfilm holders on 4x5, 5x7 and 8x10. Some use cameras specifically built to use roll film as a panorama, for instance 6x12 and 6x17 cameras. You could even go the digital route.
Why do they work well? Sorry, but your question isn't really that clear. I don't know how to answer that. I'm not even certain that I gave you a decent answer on the formats.
The Turkish film director/writer/actor Nuri Bilge Ceylan, who has made some highly regarded films, did a series of photographs called Turkey Cinemascope at roughly 1:2.6:
http://www.nuribilgeceylan.com/photo...ope1.php?sid=1
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In the 1963 Jean-Luc Godard film Contempt, filmmaker Fritz Lang makes a disparaging comment about CinemaScope (anamorphic wide-screen format): "Oh, it wasn't meant for human beings. Just for snakes - and funerals."
Ironically, Contempt was shot in CinemaScope.
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Go to Brian Kosoff's site where he has cropped to various ratios and get your ruler out. I think they all work for him, but I'm a devoted fan.
Unless you're looking to go with something big like 12x20 or 8x20 for contact prints, or just have lots of money to unload, my vote is for 8x10 and then crop to suit your needs. Because hey, not only will you have a camera to make panoramas, but you'll also have a great general purpose camera for other types of work.
Godard wrote the script, including that line. They've missed the point by the proverbial mile. If you haven't had a chance to see the film, there's an article on the net, published by Salon, about a new transfer of the film.
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