Slide film in 35mm pano

[pagpow]

I've just been leafing through Lee Frost's Panoramic Photography and Arnaud Frich's book of the same name.

Should I conclude from their shots and this earlier thread of ours
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55653

that if I want unbanded transparencies, I should suck it up and buy an XPan or a Noblex? (in 35mm)

Has anyone here had any luck with consistently unbanded transparencies in either Widelux or Horizon 202?

And does the Noblex consistently avoid banding?

Thanks.

 

[sepiareverb]

You can't go wrong with an XPAN. Lovely chromes out of that thing every time.

 

[Tuolumne]

I shoot a Noblex and Xpan. Both great cameras, but I really love the huge negative (chrome) you get with the Noblex. What banding are you referring to? Both cameras shoot a full panrama on a single strip of film.

/T

 

[lZr]

Horizon S3 Pro shots

Velvia 100
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=52319&ppuser=2130


Sensia 100
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=56233&ppuser=2130

Fuji Astia
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=75669&ppuser=2130

Fuji Provia
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=78094&ppuser=2130

 

[pagpow]

Thanks, Tuolemne, the banding I was referring to was not on the Noblex, but on the Widelux and, less pronounced, on the Horizon 202 -- vertical stripes of different density due to exposure variations as the lens wipes across the film.

I shoot a Noblex and Xpan. Both great cameras, but I really love the huge negative (chrome) you get with the Noblex. What banding are you referring to? Both cameras shoot a full panrama on a single strip of film.

/T

 

[Tuolumne]

Thanks, Tuolemne, the banding I was referring to was not on the Noblex, but on the Widelux and, less pronounced, on the Horizon 202 -- vertical stripes of different density due to exposure variations as the lens wipes across the film.

Ok, got it. I have never had a problem with my MF Noblex. Great and consistent panos in color and B&W.

/T

 

[pagpow]

Lazar, great shots, thanks.

Do you do anything to avoid the banding or is your S3 simply blessed?

Does anyone experience different behavior by shutter speed?

Horizon S3 Pro shots

Velvia 100
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=52319&ppuser=2130


Sensia 100
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=56233&ppuser=2130

Fuji Astia
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=75669&ppuser=2130

Fuji Provia
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=78094&ppuser=2130

 

[lZr]

Thanks pagpow. Yes, sometimes I use the Clone tool in PS. Usually the verticals are seen in the sky, and sometime down to the ground. The vertical are reasoned by the sunlight reflecting from the slit. Most of the time I must be at least 90 degree to the sun to be sure the result is missing any verticals, but you know...