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[BrianShaw]

Why waste an available forum... any one ding LF panoramic???

 

[dspeltz]

well here is one one with a Hasselblad H2D, 50mm lens, four exposures on a Roundhot V Drive. I do quite a bit but I prefer one panorama forum rather than camera specific forums. My RF MF are Xpan and a Roundshot 220 however there is no focus on that camera, just dialing in the distance on the lens and hoping.

 

[Trius]

I really like panoramic photos, but there's no way I can invest in a panoramic camera. I do have a 4x5 camera, with a 120 back available.

To do panoramas, I would need a good tripod head that would allow me to keep the camera in plane during the horizontal movement for, say a three-shot panorama. I have 90mm and 150mm lenses, both of which should be quite useful for 120 film. (I've never seen a multi-shot panorama made with a WA lens that I really liked.)

Does anyone have any experience doing this? I realize that the hardest part might be the stitching of the multiple negs/slides. I suppose the alternative would be to simply shoot 4x5 with the 90mm and crop top and bottom, or even 3 exposures on 3 sheets using the 150mm. 😀

 

[Ash]

I may go out and crop 4x5 to 2x5 sometime. No idea where there's a worthwhile landscape near me though.

 

[tajart]

lg format

lg format

you might enjoy checking out this guy's work in large format, alt processes, and some panorams; look at the taylor st. piers portfolio.

http://www.robshepherd.com/

 

[x-ray]

I may go out and crop 4x5 to 2x5 sometime. No idea where there's a worthwhile landscape near me though.

If you have a 4x5 with a graflock back you can add a shinhao 6x12 back for about $200. I have one and it's a really well made and very easy to use back. 6 6x12 on 120 and it comes with a set of masks that are easily installed in just seconds that will give you 6x6, 6x7 and 6x9 as well. It keeps film very flat ans is smooth as silk in opperation. All you have to do I mark your ground glass with a pencil or tape to know what you're composing.

 

[dazedgonebye]

Here's an alternative method of getting 2 pano shots from a 4x5 film.

http://oomz.net/mf/viewtopic.php?id=4857

 

[dspeltz]

I really like panoramic photos, but there's no way I can invest in a panoramic camera. I do have a 4x5 camera, with a 120 back available.

To do panoramas, I would need a good tripod head that would allow me to keep the camera in plane during the horizontal movement for, say a three-shot panorama. I have 90mm and 150mm lenses, both of which should be quite useful for 120 film. (I've never seen a multi-shot panorama made with a WA lens that I really liked.)

Does anyone have any experience doing this? I realize that the hardest part might be the stitching of the multiple negs/slides. I suppose the alternative would be to simply shoot 4x5 with the 90mm and crop top and bottom, or even 3 exposures on 3 sheets using the 150mm. 😀

I suggest you pan overlapping 30% making sure you have a proper level. Then scan the 4x5s. I think you will find it easier to stitch than you think. You may lose a little on the top and bottom. Do not use a very wide angle lens. I find a normal lens, or somewhat wide is OK, and a longer lens even better. WA lenses create both vignetting as well as distortion that the stitching has to deal with (and will if it is a good package).

Here is an example of using a very wide angle lens. It is untouched and you can see where the 21mm equivalent lens created problems, but it is kinda cool anyway. I should have used a longer lens and doubled my images, using two rows (one up and one down). This is a 360 degree photo: