Re: Camera recommendations

[Willem-Jan Markerink <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On 18 Sep 98 at 14:34, Leong, Ka Tai wrote:

> >There are many ways to fog HIE, but heat is one of the most unlikely
> >ones....did you load and unload the film in total darkness, including
> >handling in the darkroom? (where even a cardboard door can screw up
> >things!).
> 
> That is probably the cause. Perhaps I shall try again.

Please do....that film is way to much fun *not* to use because of 
such handling errors.
I assume you have checked my site for the panoramic shots on HIE?
Personally I feel that HIE wouldn't be half the fun without the
202....compensating the dreamy unwordliness of HIE with a natural &
realistic wide view.

> BTW, the problem of banding was mentioned in another post -- or the lack of
> it with a Noblex. Is this a problem with the Horizon? Is there a way to
> prevent it?

Once you have experienced the force with which the rotating drum of
the 202 starts and stops (in high-speed mode), you will wonder how
on earth it *could* band at all. Much unlike the Noblex, which sounds 
and feels like a very tender mechanism, vulnerable to any kind of 
additonal friction....which makes me a bit weary about using my 150 
in -20C weather....conditions where the 202 keeps shooting like 
nothing happened....even my EOS-1's have failed where the 202 kept 
spinning....8-)) 
Never experienced the Widelux, can't comment on that one.

Most complaints with banding on the 202 are the result of
misunderstanding flare from direct sunlight (can result in very
rigid vertical lines, splitting the image in differently exposed
parts[1]), and not pressing the shutter all the way down in a quick
motion (this can even bring the drum to a halt halfway in the
slow-speed mode).

In very rare occassions it is also possible for the shutter to stay 
open when recocking/transporting film....but only when you do this in 
multiple, short strokes....when done in one motion, all is fine.

[1] this is a problem with most swing-lens cameras....a fixed lens
only shows a series of aperture-shaped rings, but the optical
dynamics of a swing-lens (or rotating film camera) is way 
different....nearly impossible to prevent, so better keep direct 
sunlight out of the frame with any swing-lens camera.


 

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Willem-Jan Markerink


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is sometimes far less intelligent than
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