What camera was used?

[sara]

I came across a photograph from one of my friend's friend Facebook albums but I don't know what camera she uses, I actually thought it was a Lomography Panaromic camera but I checked it and with that one, it has some sort of a fish-eye effect, whereas this image doesn't.

http://i51.tinypic.com/2lstw2c.jpg

Does anyone know?

 

[bizarrius]

it looks like an advantix film.
The APS film.
its smaller than normal 35mm film and you can do 3 types of frames. one of em is a panoramic.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Photo_System

 

[sara]

Oh wow! Yeah I've seen APS films but never considered it.
Definitely looking forward to trying it out, although it doesn't seem like the most convenient thing at the moment!

 

[Sonnar Brian]

A number of 35mm cameras also have this panaramic feature. It is a Mask that flips down over the film gate. The Nikon Lite-Touch has it, goes with the 28mm F3.5 lens. Some SLR's also have it.

This essentially is an in-camera crop, only a portion of the negative is used. You could get the same effect by putting an "E-Screen" in a Nikon SLR and use the center third of the image to compose.

 

[sara]

Ahh okay I was asking because the lens used is perfect, I mean it's what I wanted, because I've seen other panoramic cameras but they had such a wide-angle lens, but this one's up close and pretty sexy I guess haha!

 

[Sonnar Brian]

My Nikon N70QD (Quartz Date) has the Panorama feature in it. Works with any lens attached. They are "dirt-Cheap" these days, $25 will pick one up.

 

[sara]

Hi Brian thanks. I actually did a little comparing between the photos on Flickr and I concluded that the camera used was called a "Halina Panaroma" camera...now searching for one and there is NONE around! *goes mental*

haha!

 

[nimcod]

I think ive got an old "Panorama Wide Pic" focus free/pano/fixed shutter speed cheap p&s which produces similar style shots hanging around somewhere, ill have to check, but your more than welcome to it if i can find it as ive never used the thing.

 

[SamStewart]

Why don't you just ask her?

 

[sara]

I think ive got an old "Panorama Wide Pic" focus free/pano/fixed shutter speed cheap p&s which produces similar style shots hanging around somewhere, ill have to check, but your more than welcome to it if i can find it as ive never used the thing.

Ahh! Thank you so much nimcod!

Stewart, well I don't actually know that person...it's one of those things where it's a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend...and so on!

 

[WalterM]

Do you know what film was used?

That's a pretty big factor too 😛

 

[greyelm]

Maybe it's just a digital crop, like this one I did

 

[jsrockit]

....and I concluded that the camera used was called a "Halina Panaroma" camera...

Apparently the ANSCO PIX Panorama is the same camera as the Halina...and there are a few on ebay right now. 😱

 

[sara]

Do you know what film was used?

That's a pretty big factor too 😛

Haha Walter 🙂 well I was more into the format rather than the film on this one 😛

 

[rbiemer]

This sort of masked panorama was pretty common on P&S cameras for a while. I know there were several Olympus Stylus cameras with it and my Pentax UC-1(Espio Mini) has it.
You can get the same effect pretty easily from any camera/lens in post processing; just fill the top and bottom third of your frame with black. Or as Greyelm says, just crop.

Rob

 

[ruby.monkey]

You could always put a 28mm-ish lens on your favourite camera and then crop the results. Maybe mask the lens/finder to give the desired aspect ratio.

 

[FalseDigital]

Sara - I recommend not getting one of those cheapie panoramas. I've got a few and unless you're shooting in bright sunlight they are terrible. HOWEVER, if you really want one of those faux panoramic cameras I recommend the Olympus Stylus DLX. They're dirt cheap and the lens is amazing. haha You can easily find them on ebay for under $20 USD. OR if you want something fancier get the Stylus EPIC DLX

Like here: http://cgi.ebay.com/Olympus-Stylus-Panorama-DLX-35mm-Film-Camera-/380314710490?pt=Film_Cameras&hash=item588c85f1da#ht_4552wt_907