Re: Noblex 135U Questions

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

On 24 Oct 99 at 15:32, Peter Marshall wrote:

> > dear joel- if you did carry a ladder, even one of the type that you make
> > various shapes of ladders, you'd get even more out of your swing lens
> > camera.simon from behind his panoramic rock near the wendy's in east
> > orange, new jersey
> 
> Failing a ladder or shift, you can decide to crop the negative. Deciding 
> to use a 58x19mm neg rather than 58x24mm on the Horizon gives a useful 
> amount of rise/fall and a 3:1 aspect ratio, both of which are often an 
> advantage. 
> 
> A slightly shorter focal length would come on my wish-list above shift.

Oddly enough, this is where *all* medium-format swing-lens cameras 
have an advantage over all their 35mm brothers: a 50mm lens on a 50mm 
tall frame, instead of 26mm (Widelux), 28mm (Horizon) or 29mm 
(Noblex) on a 24mm tall frame.
Or a ratio of 50/50 vs 26/24, 28/24 or 29/24....

PS: I still have a Noblex 150 for sale....;-))

Willem (who, regardless of this, could still imagine the fun of a 
Noblex 175 (75mm lens) with Alpine panoramas) Jan

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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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