Re: you want coverage? ;-) Re: Nikkor coverage

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

On 14 Jan 00 at 3:45, Robert Monaghan wrote:

> However, I should alert you to the existence of several medium format 
> shift lenses at modest cost, such as the 55mm f/4.5 Arsat shift lens with 
> 12 mm of shift (on top of being a 6x6cm design lens). 

Not much use for a 120-format swing-lens slit design, but there 
apparently is even a 45mm shift now, with 10mm shift (not much, but 
still (a Mamiya 75mm shift does 20mm).

> Similarly, you can 
> remount the 30mm fisheye to give a circular (180 deg diag) view; in fact, 
> Roger Hicks created a 4x5 compact body and standard film holder back 
> custom camera (in a Brit Jrnl Photogr. article) to fit the 30mm Kiev lens.
> A similar roll film holder back with shutter and $180 30mm 6x6 fisheye is
> an interesting approach to ultrawide panoramics at $1 per degree ;-) 

A Mamiya RB 37mm gives an image circle of 92mm on a Speed 
Graflex....only problem is that the bed+focusing-rails are in the 
image, but that has its charm too....:-))




 

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Willem-Jan Markerink


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