Re: Nikon 15mm5.6 for panoramic photos?

[petermarshall@xxxxxxxxx (Peter Marshall)]

> 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.

It would be convenient to use a medium format camera with a very wide lens 
and again crop, giving you the same image size, but with the benefit of a 
large amount of virtual rising or falling front. Unfortunately I don't 
think you can get anything rectilinear and quite as wide. I'm thinking of 
using the Mamiya7 with a 43mm in this way

I've done some work using a wide-angle lens on 35mm, and using slow film 
and a tripod the results were surprisingly good. 

I'd recommend the 15mm Voightlander f4.5 rather than the Nikkor - it will 
fit any Leica screw body - or M with an adapter. It is a superb lens with 
virtually no distortion and excellent overall sharpness. 

Peter Marshall
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