You must have missed the first email from Alan Zinn.
He was very clear as to what it was for: a 120 180
degree camera based, I would imagine, on his
Lookaround design.
Andy
--- "Lyndon Fletcher (UAB)"
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> Part of the problem is that so far no one has
> actually said what the intended application of the
> lens *is*. I am assuming that it is for a slit
> panoramic camera because several of the other posts
> suggest this application, but no one has said
> explicitly.
>
> "Covers medium format" is too general a term, 6x4.5
> is medium format, so is 6x12 a lot of 35mm lenses
> will cover the width of 120 film the coverage after
> that varies a lot. The general feeling that I have
> is that for non slit applications 35mm SLR lenses
> are none starters because
>
> 1) Their coverage and sharpness at frame corners is
> likely to be suspect even for 6x6.
> 2) You still have to arrange a usable shutter and
> homebrewing something effective in the short
> distance between lens and film plane is likely to be
> a challenge.
>
> For slit applications the aim would be to get a good
> quality lens in an unpopular mount which is why I
> suggested the Konica. The problem with Nikors is
> that every day more cameras are sold that can use
> those lenses and so the relative cost of the used
> optic is high. By contrast with the Konica and Canon
> MF lenses each day the number of cameras taking
> those lenses decreases as 10 and 15 year old bodies
> finally give up the ghost. Consequently good optics
> can be bought for little money. (Technical note
> here, lens flange to filmplane distances for Konica
> is less than for Nikon, meaning that a Konica could
> use any Nikor via a mount adapter and still focus
> the lens at infinity. Unfortunately it meant that I
> couldnt use the Konica lenses on my Nikon when my
> Konica body died.)
>
> Lyndon
>
>
>
>
>
> Andy buck wrote.
> >
> > Does anybody know what its coverage is? Or did I
> miss
> > that? The intention was not just to get a lens as
> > 'good' as a Nikon, but one that has as much
> coverage,
> > too.
> > Andy
>
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