Re: Custom modifications - who does this?

["Kah Heng, Tan" <kahheng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

Thanks for the info.

Do you realise that your text tends to be extra large? Is there some
reason for this?

Regards
Tan



At 12:33 PM 12/25/99 -0500, you wrote:
> there are so many ready-nade
> panoramic camera why would you want to build less than already exists.
> state your needs and i'll try to match up the camera. meanwhile the
> hasseblad xpan should do you until you realize it's for welltodo
> backpackers and learn firsthand what you really need. look in back of
> that leading nontechnical  photo journal,shutterbug, for advt of
> buddy graves. he was the genius at prof camera nyc who did many of the
> things that couldn't be done that i wanted. simon nathan 
>
> Kah Heng, Tan wrote: 
> > Hi 
> >
> > Merry Christmas everyone! 
> >
> > I am just curious to find out, could anyone tell me which company takes
> > ready made cameras and custom modifies them to be panoramic cameras? That
> > or which company makes custom mods, period? 
> >
> > I came across an old Al Satterwhite book that I have and saw a nice Nikon
> > F2 custom job that Satterwhite owns. It is a 35mm job with a 1:3 side to
> > length film ratio, has two interchangeable largeformat lenses mounted on
> > cones (like the Linhof Technorama lenses) and has a nice optical finder.
> > The prism and shutter assembly has been removed. On the whole, it looks
> > like such a fantastically handy camera. 
> >
> > Anyone? 
> >
> > Thanks 
> > Tan
>