Re: Horseman SW 612 & also 47mmXL

[Joel Seaman <jseaman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mitch,

I thank you for your efforts.  Perhaps one day I will find someone who has this
camera and we can compare.  Otherwise the lens produces beautiful quality images.

With appreciation,

Joel

Mitchell P. Warner wrote:

> Joel,
>
>         About the Horseman claims for the sw612 and the seemingly missing 4mm
> moves.
>
>                 I don't know!
>
> BUT, look at this page
>
> http://horsemanusa.com/pd_frame031.html
>
> and you'll find, down near the bottom, NO CLAIM for movementw with the 45mm
> lens on the 6x12 back,
>
> AND that the horizontal angle of view for the 45mm lens on the 612 back is
> 108°, not the otherwise listed 110.   Not a big deal, but bit by bit.......
>
>         Please try going to the Horseman hm page:
>
>         http://horsemanusa.com/
>
> and droping them an e-mail with your observations.
>
> Mitch Warner
>
> At 06:29 PM 6/23/99 +0000, you wrote:
> >Mitch,
> >
> >The 6X12 Horseman back produces a nomial image size of 56 X 112MM.  The
> Rodenstock
> >catalogue does show an image cirlce of 131mm, but when the cirlce is drawn
> over a
> >rectangle 56X112MM one does see overlap, as they illustrate in their
> catalogue.
> >Yet they claim that with a 6X12 back (56X117MM) one should still have 4MM
> vertical
> >and 2MM horizontal adjustment!  Now the shift doesn't interest me as I
> don't have
> >that feature on my camera, but I don't understand the claim (since I don't
> have an
> >education in this area).  In terms of what to buy, backs to match lens or
> vice
> >versa....that is irrelevant to this camera.  The Horseman SW612 is not a
> bellows
> >camera.  It is a system combining a large format Rodenstock lens mounted to a
> >Horseman mounting board fitted to a frame with choice of interchangable
> backs in
> >three sizes.  Your specs for the Rodenstock were correct, other than the
> current
> >filter diameter has been increased and the current Rodenstock center
> filters mount
> >at 67MM, and any stacking filter would mount over a 86MM diameter.
> >
> >In terms of stacking polarizer problems and the angulon 47mm....that is
> one of the
> >other folks in the discussion.
> >
> >With appreciation,
> >
> >Joel
> >
> >
> >