Re: widest horizontal angel of view?

[simon nathan <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

dear thilo-the longer the focal
length  of the scribing lens the greater the imaginary drum. the 1972
pos-cyclopan data sheet explains this very well. their use of 210mm f.5.6
schneider lens enabled me to reach out and grab a smaller arc of the 360
new york city skyline shot for proposed united nations postage stamp. i
did not shoot full 360s. just the other side of the river from long island
city. full 360, as you know with 210mm lens would be 52.5 inches of 70mm
film. wasteful, unnecessary. short lens makes compact camera with small
lens and with shorter focal length. cirkuit guys know where it is at when
it comes to client selling detail. a picture i did on assignment for 1974
"a day in the life of america,"  not used, but in time,inc files and
published in time magazine after the fact and to my surprise, yes i was
paid, shows the moving lens camera inside the lockheed 1011. it is nifty
picture..moving lens camera, 2-1/4x7" of film in curved plane, 80mm lens.
works. i can xerox it and snailmail this to you. other curved film plane
pictures of mine are in time inc publications. if you print what you take
large enough to stand in the middle of it you really can't  call it
distortion, but rather continuity of perspective. if you have studied 360
drawing you then know that by raising, lowering horizon, separating and
moving right and left points of perspective you can make your subject matter
do anything you like. i have the center of ginza street, full 360degrees
on 9" 70mm film. you speak. simon      further,
when we set up specs on hulcherama (after prototype which had film on drum
which rotated) i said that it needed manual switch to permit more than
360 take. wanna know why?

Thilo Resenhoeft wrote:

Hi everboy out there,

i've a question about distortion-free
panorama-cameras. Because i dislike
the distortions with widelux, horizont
and noblex, i like to know witch
panorama-camera produces the widest
distortion-free horizontal angel of view.

And - in addition - : Are there principal
frontiers that make it impossible to construct
"wider" lenses/cameras?

And - third - : Witch Objectives on the market
offer the "maxiumum distortion free angel of view"
(35 mm, medium-format, large format)?

Thanks for help,
:-) Thilo