RE: Re: Nikon 15mm5.6 for panoramic photos?

[James Romeo <jromeo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You could use a 6x12 back you could even which I  use one with a old Graphic with a 65 or 90 mm lens. A friend of mine who is on this list makes up cameras with the 6x12 down to 35 mm lens. The 6x12 back is not cheep but there are many ways it can be used. James Romeo
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From: panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Nikon 15mm5.6 for panoramic photos?
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 08:04:06 -0700

Yes, you can crop & get results that you might like if your technique is 
very good. But you will be limited more than you might like. Take a long 
look at the Hasselblad Xpan camera for this type of work. At least with it 
you get the benefit of a double width full 35mm frame that can be enlarged 
on any medium format enlarger. 
 
dan smith 
 
 
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From: Mama&Papa <familie_resenhoeft@xxxxxx> 
To: <Panorama-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2000 6:14 AM 
Subject: Nikon 15mm5.6 for panoramic photos? 
 
 
> Hay everybody, 
> 
> i know that it's a little bit "dangerous" to post the 
> following question to this group where eveybody 
> is dealing with very expensive ond sophisticated 
> panorama-cameras. So please don't tear off my head... 
> 
> Yesterday i tried the Nikon 15 mm 5.6. 
> Its horizontal angle-of-view is 100.4 degrees 
> (calculated with http://www.mat.uc.pt/~rps/photos/angles.html). 
> 
> This is very near to the (horizontal) 100 degrees of the 
> Linhof Technorama 617 III with the Schneider Super-Angulon 72mm 
> (calculated with http://www.mat.uc.pt/~rps/photos/angles.html, too). 
> 
> When i looked through the 20-year-old Nikkor, the distortions 
> were not as dramatic as expected and far more less than with 
> the Sigma 14 mm 3.5 i own, but don't use often. 
> 
> Of course, the negative 24x36 mm format is small. 
> Very small. O.k., it's tiny in comparison with the Linhof 
> of other Large format cameras. 
> 
> But in the darkroom it is possible "to crop panoramas" 
> from the 24x36 mm-negatives. They will show 
> "the same content" like the Technorama. Another 
> advantage: You dont't have to buy one of those 
> gigantic enlargers... The Nikon 15mm will cost 
> 1000 $, the Linhof 6000 $. To try living in 
> panoramic - would't the Nikkor be the right choice? 
> :-) Thilo 
> 
> P.S.: Please direct answers to: thilo_resenhoeft@xxxxxx 
> 
>