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tobbsman
Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 2578 Location: Austria
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Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:11 pm Post subject: Suggestions on a panorama camera |
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tobbsman wrote:
I am seriously thinking of buying a panorama camera. This weekend I have seen a photographer doing a lecture on photographing. I was very impressed about the panorama photographs which he did with a Linhof 6 X 17 panorama camera on Velvia film.
Has anybody of you experience with panorama (film) cameras ? Is a Linhof camera a "up-to-date" product ?
My budget is about to 1500 Euro. I am happy for any suggestions and comments ...
Cheers
Tobias _________________ Camera Pentax K10D, K20D, Super A
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Sevo
Joined: 22 Aug 2008 Posts: 1189 Location: Frankfurt, Germany
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Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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Sevo wrote:
Panorama cameras aren't really "up to date" - almost all of them do not go beyond fifties' standards in camera construction, so it is pretty much up to the lens and mechanical reliability which one you pick. The Linhof is good, but a bit on the expensive side - 617 Fujis tend to be a bit more affordable, and are just as good and even a bit more comfortable. The recent bunch of chinese field camera/back combinations is affordable, and not bad either as long as you restrict yourselt to static subjects like landscape and architecture.
Stay away from rotating panorama cameras unless you want to make camera repair and adjustment a major part of your hobby - they are fascinating and cute, but they were fragile even when new. By now the affordable and compact ones in that class usually are rather worn and will need constant readjustment and cleaning to avoid the striping that will happen whenever their gears start to get rough. _________________ Sevo |
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bob955i
Joined: 15 Apr 2007 Posts: 2495
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Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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bob955i wrote:
I've been looking at pano cameras myself and considered one of the Fuji 617 series.
I'm finding more and more that I'm cropping either the top or bottom and sometimes both off of a lot of my shots which kind of tells me something...
The Fuji GX617 I researched has a few idiosyncrasies in that you can't change lenses mid-roll without the use of a changing bag and focusing is done either by guesstimation or via a ground glass on the back of the camera - the latter method having to be done before any film is loaded naturally.
That said, I don't see the above as major drawbacks and would still have one if I could afford it.
Definitely on the radar for me. |
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Attila
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 57865 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
Good ones are very expensive, I don't think so they will have better output than your "stitching" technology. A roll Provia with 35mm or medium format gears with your panorama technic way to go in my opinion. _________________ -------------------------------
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bob955i
Joined: 15 Apr 2007 Posts: 2495
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Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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bob955i wrote:
Attila wrote: |
Good ones are very expensive, I don't think so they will have better output than your "stitching" technology. A roll Provia with 35mm or medium format gears with your panorama technic way to go in my opinion. |
No having to take multiple shots with a pano camera - unless you want a super pano...
After developing, you'd have to scan every neg/slide and if you have a lot, it's going to take time. And that's before you start to stitch...
A pano camera is the way I would go - especially considering Tobias' pano vision.
Fuji GX617, Tobias - go on, you KNOW you want to...
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tobbsman
Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 2578 Location: Austria
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Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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tobbsman wrote:
Thank you for the comments !!! It gives already some insight in the direction where to think on further ...
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... unless you want a super pano |
hehe, sounds interesting, I have to think about it
Cheers
Tobias _________________ Camera Pentax K10D, K20D, Super A
SMC K28 3.5, SMC K24 2.8, SMC K28/2, SMC K50/1.4,SMC A50/1.7, SMC M28/3.5, SMC A 50/1.7, SMC K135 2.5, SMC A50 1.2
SMC A35-105 3.5, SMC A70-210 4, SMC A20 2.8, SMC M28 2.8,K28/3.5 SMC A28 2.8, SMC A100 2.8 Macro, CZJ Flektogon 20 2.8 (MC), 35 2.4 (MC),S.M.C Takumar 85mm 1.8, Helios 44M-4, A.Schacht Travenar 90/2.8, C.Zeiss J. Sonnar 180/2.8
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Attila
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 57865 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
You should also check in advance how you able to scan pano camera output. _________________ -------------------------------
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tobbsman
Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 2578 Location: Austria
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Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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tobbsman wrote:
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You should also check in advance how you able to scan pano camera output. |
Yes, very true ...
The only thought which I had:
"many peaple do it, so I should be able to do it too" ...
hope that it is true ...
So ... can anybody tell me, what gear I need to scan this large negatives ?
Cheers
Tobias _________________ Camera Pentax K10D, K20D, Super A
SMC K28 3.5, SMC K24 2.8, SMC K28/2, SMC K50/1.4,SMC A50/1.7, SMC M28/3.5, SMC A 50/1.7, SMC K135 2.5, SMC A50 1.2
SMC A35-105 3.5, SMC A70-210 4, SMC A20 2.8, SMC M28 2.8,K28/3.5 SMC A28 2.8, SMC A100 2.8 Macro, CZJ Flektogon 20 2.8 (MC), 35 2.4 (MC),S.M.C Takumar 85mm 1.8, Helios 44M-4, A.Schacht Travenar 90/2.8, C.Zeiss J. Sonnar 180/2.8
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Check out my "Beginner's Guide to Panorama Stiching !
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tobbsman
Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 2578 Location: Austria
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Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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1 TB HDD for the resulting TIFF... Laughing |
Arrrrhhhghhh, tell me that it is not true
Cheers
Tobias _________________ Camera Pentax K10D, K20D, Super A
SMC K28 3.5, SMC K24 2.8, SMC K28/2, SMC K50/1.4,SMC A50/1.7, SMC M28/3.5, SMC A 50/1.7, SMC K135 2.5, SMC A50 1.2
SMC A35-105 3.5, SMC A70-210 4, SMC A20 2.8, SMC M28 2.8,K28/3.5 SMC A28 2.8, SMC A100 2.8 Macro, CZJ Flektogon 20 2.8 (MC), 35 2.4 (MC),S.M.C Takumar 85mm 1.8, Helios 44M-4, A.Schacht Travenar 90/2.8, C.Zeiss J. Sonnar 180/2.8
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Check out my "Beginner's Guide to Panorama Stiching !
Visit my Asahi and Zeiss MF lens samples database ! |
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bob955i
Joined: 15 Apr 2007 Posts: 2495
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Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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bob955i wrote:
Drum scanner...
Plus 1 TB HDD for the resulting TIFF...
I thought you hadn't seen my reply to Attila so I deleted it and reposted it again.
The HDD size was a joke but seriously, these files are going to be BIG especially if you want all the detail medium format is capable of delivering and at a large size.
Attila does have a point but if you simply have to have medium format pano, then there's no real alternative. |
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tobbsman
Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 2578 Location: Austria
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Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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tobbsman wrote:
I am not frightened about big files anyway (I love all the detail, that's the essence of panorama photographing for my opinion)
My panos usually have some 100 Megapixel, so most of the time I am editing TIFs to 1 GB.
Cheers
Tobias _________________ Camera Pentax K10D, K20D, Super A
SMC K28 3.5, SMC K24 2.8, SMC K28/2, SMC K50/1.4,SMC A50/1.7, SMC M28/3.5, SMC A 50/1.7, SMC K135 2.5, SMC A50 1.2
SMC A35-105 3.5, SMC A70-210 4, SMC A20 2.8, SMC M28 2.8,K28/3.5 SMC A28 2.8, SMC A100 2.8 Macro, CZJ Flektogon 20 2.8 (MC), 35 2.4 (MC),S.M.C Takumar 85mm 1.8, Helios 44M-4, A.Schacht Travenar 90/2.8, C.Zeiss J. Sonnar 180/2.8
Check out my: 2012 New "Advanced Guide to Panorama Stiching" !
Check out my "Beginner's Guide to Panorama Stiching !
Visit my Asahi and Zeiss MF lens samples database ! |
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Sevo
Joined: 22 Aug 2008 Posts: 1189 Location: Frankfurt, Germany
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Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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Sevo wrote:
bob955i wrote: |
The Fuji GX617 I researched has a few idiosyncrasies in that you can't change lenses mid-roll without the use of a changing bag and focusing is done either by guesstimation or via a ground glass on the back of the camera - the latter method having to be done before any film is loaded naturally.
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IIRC there are no true panorama cameras with a rangefinder apart from the Xpan, whose film format is a bit small for landscape and architecture - but it still is probably the only camera that would qualify for panoramic street photography. For landscapes and architecture, scale focusing works well enough.
The older fixed-lens Fujis are much more affordable than the GX617, and do well enough - the ability to change lenses is no usual panoramic requirement, except for commercial architectural photography where you may have to capture a entire building from whatever unobstructed camera position there is. _________________ Sevo |
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bob955i
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Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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bob955i wrote:
Sevo wrote: |
IIRC there are no true panorama cameras with a rangefinder apart from the Xpan, whose film format is a bit small for landscape and architecture - but it still is probably the only camera that would qualify for panoramic street photography. For landscapes and architecture, scale focusing works well enough.
The older fixed-lens Fujis are much more affordable than the GX617, and do well enough - the ability to change lenses is no usual panoramic requirement, except for commercial architectural photography where you may have to capture a entire building from whatever unobstructed camera position there is. |
The X-Pan was the one I was thinking of regarding RF focusing but couldn't recall at the time. I shoot landscapes myself and find that there are times where I need the flexibility of different FLs as the most unobstructed view is not always the best hence my GX617 lens changing opinion/ramblings. |
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Sevo
Joined: 22 Aug 2008 Posts: 1189 Location: Frankfurt, Germany
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Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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Sevo wrote:
bob955i wrote: |
The HDD size was a joke but seriously, these files are going to be BIG especially if you want all the detail medium format is capable of delivering and at a large size.
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Indeed. My full-resolution (4000lpi) 6x9cm scans on a Coolscan 9000ED already are 0.7GB per raw file - 6x17 at a similar resolution would be 1.5GB per file (and can't be done on a 9000ED without stitching, as it is limited to 9cm per scan). _________________ Sevo |
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koji
Joined: 21 Jul 2008 Posts: 2106 Location: Hiroshima, Japan
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Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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koji wrote:
Before spending big bucks, check the book written by Joseph Meehan
if you have not read it yet. The book title is "Panoramic Photography".
ISBN 0-8174-5349-0 Publisher AMPHOTO
An Imprint of Watson-Guptill Publications
1515 Broaway, New York, NY 10036
This book is quite nice even looking at examples alone. _________________ Our Home Page has 18,200 photos in 575 directories today.
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