shawn
Veteran
"additionally regarding your bronica suggestion, as long as we talk about 'cropping' we are fully and totally failing to understand the uniqueness of the xpan. it is simply not the same, either in process or result, as explained twice above."
I was suggesting cropping a 6cm x 4.5cm MF film to almost the same dimension film as what the XPan shoots. And doing it with the same focal length lens. I don't understand how the result is going to be radically different from what the Xpan does. Same focal length, about the same negative size (after you crop down the Bronica's larger negative).
Shawn
I was suggesting cropping a 6cm x 4.5cm MF film to almost the same dimension film as what the XPan shoots. And doing it with the same focal length lens. I don't understand how the result is going to be radically different from what the Xpan does. Same focal length, about the same negative size (after you crop down the Bronica's larger negative).
Shawn
GaryLH
Veteran
Cropping to pano using a film gate has been around using medium format as well as 4x5 or w/ special pano holders of 120 variety on 4x5 cameras.
The xpan is only unique in two main aspects IMHO.
- how it achieves the pano mode using 35mm film while not depending on a fixed film gate thus retain the ability to shoot both normal 35 and 2x wide 35 for pano mode.
- smallest and lightest pano mode camera that uses essentially the same film width for the negative as a 645 medium format negative.
There were also specially design 120 pano cameras as well. Whether we are talking 120 or 4x5, all the variations except the xpan were pretty heavy in comparison. I believe that the xpan could have been more successful during the time of its release if they had introduced a 35mm of set of lenses (non-pano) such as a 45f2 or 50f1.4.. One the problems I felt hindered the xpan was it could not be the only camera u carried if u wanted to shoot in different situations like low light.
The plus was that it was an rf camera to boot. And that it automatically rolled out the film to the last frame of the roll when a new film cartridge was loaded. Thus after each shot, the film is rolled into the cassette in accordance to if it was a normal 35 or pano width shot. Thus at most, an accidental film back opening u old loose no more than the last shot of the roll.
Will there be a pano mode camera designed specifically... The Leica here will probably be the closest ever. Something like the DP0 w/ the 21:9 aspect ratio is really the best we will ever c happen. Given the technology of stitching we have today or the high mp sensors, I doubt if anyone will ever do such a unique design in the digital world.
Gary