Terence Spross
6-Feb-2006, 23:45
I'm wondering if anyone else has a baffle in there LF camera to limit exposure to a certain area.
I aware that some photographers use modified slides: i.e. pull out regular slide and put in cut out version, then make one exposure, flip to cut out slide and make the other exposure.
But years ago I built a baffle inside the camera that was quicker. A lever flipped the top half and bottom half of the photo so my 4x5 became a 2 x 5. At the time I was using it for technical photography but I always figured it would be good outside for wide landscapes. I even had the baffle flipped by remote control along with cocking and tripping the shutter and tipping the camera proportionatly.
This was severly damaged however when I was locked out of building just before a rain when I had the camera on the roof of the building.
So now I want to rebuild this (along with replacing the bellows) but plan on making two changes:
Instead of tilting the whole camera, the rear will now have a slider with stops set for the lower and upper half of the film.
Also for a different application: I enjoy stereo photography with a 35mm camera but the viewer has limitations along with grain size etc. Occationally I would like to take higher resolution stereo photos using my 4 x 5 (on dual 2.5 x 4 (or 2 x5) ) . I'm thinking of two lenses on the lens board spaced the normal eye distance apart, and an insert into the camera that has first surface mirrors to offset the images on above the other. (In this mode I sould not be doing any swings.)
I'm wondering if anyone has done anything like this or has any suggestions.
I aware that some photographers use modified slides: i.e. pull out regular slide and put in cut out version, then make one exposure, flip to cut out slide and make the other exposure.
But years ago I built a baffle inside the camera that was quicker. A lever flipped the top half and bottom half of the photo so my 4x5 became a 2 x 5. At the time I was using it for technical photography but I always figured it would be good outside for wide landscapes. I even had the baffle flipped by remote control along with cocking and tripping the shutter and tipping the camera proportionatly.
This was severly damaged however when I was locked out of building just before a rain when I had the camera on the roof of the building.
So now I want to rebuild this (along with replacing the bellows) but plan on making two changes:
Instead of tilting the whole camera, the rear will now have a slider with stops set for the lower and upper half of the film.
Also for a different application: I enjoy stereo photography with a 35mm camera but the viewer has limitations along with grain size etc. Occationally I would like to take higher resolution stereo photos using my 4 x 5 (on dual 2.5 x 4 (or 2 x5) ) . I'm thinking of two lenses on the lens board spaced the normal eye distance apart, and an insert into the camera that has first surface mirrors to offset the images on above the other. (In this mode I sould not be doing any swings.)
I'm wondering if anyone has done anything like this or has any suggestions.