Re: CUSTOME PAN CAMERA

[East Coast Photography <ecphoto@xxxxxxxxxx>]

1. Dave, thanks for the support.

2. Don, 35mm back for Bronica - OK - so images shot with a wide angle (wa)
lens - how do they look?

Most of the photography I will be using this camera for will be aerial -
from a fixed wing Cessna - which allows about 100 degrees angle of clear
view from strut arm to rear wing.

Are the resulting shots with a wide angle lens reflective of wa lenses and
therefore having a slight amount of wa distortion?

Craig & Sue
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----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Monaghan <rmonagha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 1999 12:07 AM
Subject: low cost medium format 1:2 panos Re: Panorama cameras


> quote:
> Anyone tried converting old camera into panorama one? I am considering
> those old Polaroid or Kodak cameras, they are plenty and under-utilized.
> end-quote:
>
> see http://www.smu.edu/~rmonagha/mf/panoramic.html
> see http://www.smu.edu/~rmonagha/bronfilms.html and
> see http://www.smu.edu/~rmonagha/bronfilms.html#panoramic
>
> Basically, lots of low end 116 film format (2 1/2 x 4 1/4") cameras for
> low dollars out there, due to difficulty in getting film. The above pages
> discuss a film adapter available or easily made to enable using these
> cameras with 120 rollfilm for an ultralow cost medium format camera with
> 1:2 format - prices under $50 and even $25 even on EBAY.
>
> Lots cheaper than a 4x5 with a rollfilm back; naturally, you can
> substitute wider coverage lenses in shutters with the appropriate coverage
> and lens registration distances (or hack away a custom solution); the
> bellows should make it easy to precisely position the lens, though you
> might lose the ability to close up the camera fully with different lenses
> in place, so dismounting options might be handy...
>
> http://www.smu.edu/~rmonagha/mf/lflenses.html  Large format lens notes...
>
> I would be very interested in any experiences or recommendations for 116
> film or similar old cameras for use as panoramic cameras, or other 120
> rollfilm adaptable cameras, as a very low cost way to do medium format
> panoramic photography.  While I can locate 116 cameras and general info,
> there is very little on lenses and coverage (degrees) of these beasties...
>
> Since a 125mm circle of coverage would work for 116 film cameras, it
> should be possible to readily swap out say a 65mm to 90mm lens with 100+
> degrees of coverage and simply modify the lens mount position (using
> ground glass back to test..) for full bellows extension, yielding a low
> cost folding camera with 2 1/2 x 4 1/4" format.
>
> Anybody have any experiences to share, info on 116 cameras with wider
> coverage, and similar potential lens swapout suggestions and info?
>
> The polaroid cameras are also interesting, as many have small, low cost
> large format coverage lenses at surplus prices, see my pages at:
>
> http://www.smu.edu/~rmonagha/mf/polaroid.html and
> http://www.smu.edu/~rmonagha/mf/homebrew.html Homebrew cameras pages and
> http://www.smu.edu/~rmonagha/bronhb.html Homebrew lenses pages
>
> Ed Romney has suggested putting a flash synched folder camera lens onto a
> polaroid camera (103-105mm lens registration distance folder to match
> polaroids) to create a nearly no cost polaroid test camera. The reverse
> idea, to take a polaroid lens and modify onto older style film (116?)
> folder camera might also have potential, given the large size of most
> polaroid film sizes and quality of some of their lenses (rodenstocks etc).
>
> considering the cost of most medium format rollfilm panoramic cameras, I
> think it might well be possible to 1:2 format camera out of a cheapy
> kodak autograph (116 film converted to use 120 rollfilm) or similar for
low
> bucks (circa $50), and then add a low end wide angle in shutter for $300
> or so (Angulon?) to achieve circa 100 degrees of coverage in an oversized
> folder with removable lens? Much cheaper than a rollfilm back and smaller
> than a 4x5 with minimal hacking required...
>
> Marty Megid also provides film adapters (116/616 film to 120) email:
>
> Marty Magid
> 702 Satterlee Road
> Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304
> USA
> MMagid3005@xxxxxxx
>
> Thanks! bobm
>
> * Robert Monaghan POB752182 Dallas Tx 75275-2182 rmonagha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
*
> * Medium Format Cameras: http://www.smu.edu/~rmonagha/mf/index.html
megasite*
>
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