Shooting into a mirror

[Bob Salomon]

If you have a Linhof 23, 45 or 57 a Linhof Right Angle Finder will work perfectly. If you don't have a Linhof they will not mount to your camera. Wista also has right angle finders for their cameras that will do this as does Sinar.

[Jim C.]

Keep in mind that any mirror would ideally be a front surface mirror
Normal mirrors, depending on the thickness of the glass might "ghost"
the reflected image.

[480sparky]

I found a Spiratone mirror attachment and used it on my 4x5. I was trying for an overhead view of a still life arrangement. It worked well but was awkward for up-close use.

If you are imaging a ceiling I would think it would work fine.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SPIRATONE-CI...wAAOSw9mFWGGX5

That's one of several on e-bay right now.

Yeah, but they only work with longer lenses. I'm wanting something that will work with z w/a.

[pierre506]

Sinar had such kind of design.

[Bruce Barlow]

Paul Strand did it to make street portraits, such as the one of the blind woman.

[Drew Bedo]

IIf you are going to DIY something. The Polaroid SX-70 and the cheaper One Step have salvagable front surface mirrors.

[Tracy Storer]

We have used front surface mirrors to shoot straight down for decades in the 20x24 studio. Get good quality, thick glass, thin ones warp like a funhouse mirror. Mount it at 45 deg, don't burn a hole in yor bellows or retina with infinity image of the sun.

[Drew Bedo]

. . ., don't burn a hole in yor bellows or retina with infinity image of the sun.

Could work for star trails maybe?

[Emmanuel BIGLER]

Front surface mirrors of good optical quality are not necessarily expensive.

The grade needed for taking pictuees corresponds to what is available from, e.g. Edmund Optics, "4-6 lambda" type.
http://www.edmundoptics.com/optics/o...-mirrors/2077/
example of prices: $26 for a 85x110 mm size, $51.50 for 169x194 mm.

Ordinary "bathroom" mirrors metallized on the back side are not suitable for our photographic use, and on the opposite side of the price list, "sub-lambda" ultra-flat mirrors are overkill and too expensive; such precision mirrors will not bring any significant improvement of image quality for taking a LF picture.

[480sparky]

We have used front surface mirrors to shoot straight down for decades in the 20x24 studio............

How do you mount the mirror to the camera/lens?