So, if you can't float an Xpan,....

[Jubb Jubb]

@Hausen,

Have you got any pics up from the xpan yet? It's a marvellous camera isn't it...

 

[Harold Gough]

It is not always easy to find a subject that makes good use of the 30mm field of view.

I find that I use almost exclusively the 30mm for landscapes.

In response to other comments here:

If you crop film to simulate X-Pan images you can lose quality twice over. Firstly you need to match the X-pan lens performance. Secondly the smaller area of film from the crop will have half the detail.

 

[Roger Hicks]

I find that I use almost exclusively the 30mm for landscapes.

In response to other comments here:

If you crop film to simulate X-Pan images you can lose quality twice over. Firstly you need to match the X-pan lens performance. Secondly the smaller area of film from the crop will have half the detail.

Dear Harold,

Depends on what size film you crop, and what lens you use. I'd back a cropped 44x66mm image from my Alpa and 38/4.5 Biogon any day, or a cropped 56x84m from my wife's Alpa with a 35/5.6 Apo Grandagon.

Cheers,

R.

 

[Harold Gough]

Dear Harold,

Depends on what size film you crop, and what lens you use. I'd back a cropped 44x66mm image from my Alpa and 38/4.5 Biogon any day, or a cropped 56x84m from my wife's Alpa with a 35/5.6 Apo Grandagon.

Cheers,

R.

Quite right, Roger.

It was a blinkered reply in which I was thinking of folks cropping 35mm.

Thanks for pulling me up on that one.

Harold

 

[Roger Hicks]

Quite right, Roger.

It was a blinkered reply in which I was thinking of folks cropping 35mm.

Thanks for pulling me up on that one.

Harold

Dear Harold,

Now I feel bad about posting it... But that's what I like about RFF: the civility.

And you are of course absolutely right about 35mm.

Cheers,

R.

 

[Harold Gough]

Dear Harold,

Now I feel bad about posting it....

There is no need. I'm comfortable with it.

Harold

 

[unixrevolution]

I'm currently trying a roll of 35 in an old 616 Ansco folding camera. Should produce 24x110-ish frames if you ignore the sprocket holes, which it exposes over just like the 6x9 does.

 

[Roger Hicks]

I'm currently trying a roll of 35 in an old 616 Ansco folding camera. Should produce 24x110-ish frames if you ignore the sprocket holes, which it exposes over just like the 6x9 does.

How are you ensuring reasonable film flatness? This is ENORMOUSLY relevant when considering sharpness, even if the lens is any good. Come to think of it, what lens are you using?

Cheers,

R.