Re: Settling for an FT-2 = good move????

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

On  1 Feb 99 at 23:06, YDegroot@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Bad move? the FT-2 doesn't have a sharp lens, and loading the film in separate
> cartridges is a pain in the neck.
> 
> Better buy a bottom line 120 Noblex, and crop the 120 images to whatever ratio
> you like. Much, mch, MUCH sharper! And sa,me 50mm lens perspective as the FT-2

Or go crazy, and use a Noblex 175 for this purpose....same horizontal 
angle, but 17cm wide, instead of 12....:-))
Bit more expensive though....8-))

Btw, has anyone ever pondered about modifying a Noblex 150 to accept 35mm 
cartridges?....I guess creating a set of curved filmrail in the 
middle would be the hardest part....spooling from one 35mm cartridge 
to the other doesn't seem impossible (how does the Mamiya 7 handle 
this problem btw?)

I know, I know, price-wise you don't gain that much....but some films 
can't be had in 120/220, only in 35mm, like infrared (cutting down 
70mm perforated is another solution, but conflicts with the rest of 
the 'infrastructure', and would be an even larger loading hassle).


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Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink


      The desire to understand 
is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand


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