This is a really good shot, which would make a great poster.
David Mann wrote:
Hi all,
Panoramas have been the subject of some discussion lately so here's one that I took a few years ago.
http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/cgi-bin/paw.cgi?date=25-Sep-2004
I didn't use large format, and I didn't stitch anything. I guess you could say I cropped, but not in the usual sense.
This one came from the RB67 I used to have. I was able to make up an adaptor system that held a 35mm film vertically centred in the 120 back, along with a modified takeup spool on the other side. A cardboard mask prevented exposure of the sprocket holes and doubled as a film flattener. A bit of clear acetate with lines drawn on it went in the viewfinder to aid composition.
The system worked well but it did need a changing bag to remove and rewind the film. Plus, I never did get the film sitting 100% straight so the guides in the viewfinder were not perfectly accurate. In the end, the only benefit over cropping a 6x7 frame is that my medium format scanner is only 1200ppi where my HP S20 can scan true panoramas at 2400ppi.
I ended up selling the RB because it was monstrously heavy and I wasn't totally satisfied with the lenses. I bought a Pentax 6x7 and never looked back. Now if only I could afford that Minolta Multi Pro scanner...
Cheers,
- Dave
http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
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