Re: Nikkor coverage

[Robert Durn <Robert.Durn@xxxxxxxxx>]

My home made "Roboscope" uses a Nikkor 24mm f2.8 on 120 stock. This produces
an image of 44 mm height when focused at infinity. 
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>From: zxiong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Nikkor coverage
>Date: Fri, Jan 14, 2000, 6:34 am
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>>Perhaps a Nikkor 24mm lens would "cover" the slit needed to make a swing
>>lens panorama, but I would be very surprised if it covered and known film
>>format beyond 35mm's 24x36.
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>Some simple maths will tell why some 35 mm lens may cover 120 film.
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>Any 35 mm lens covers 36 mm of the 56 mm of a 120 film.  If a lens is
capable
>of shifting 10 mm, it adds 20 mm to the coverage, which is 35+20=55.
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