Sold FS: Selling of my Konica Zenza WIDE, 24 x 63mm 35mm Pano Camera

[dirkfletcher]

Selling off my personal Konica/Zenza WIDE camera that I made a year or so ago. It gives you eighteen 24x63mm frames on a roll of 36 exposure film by advancing twice for each shot.

It started out as a Konica body that was stripped down and fitted with a 40mm f/4 Zenzanon from the 645 ETRS system. The front and rear lens groups were removed and mounted into a modern Copal 0 shutter that was intended for Nikkor 65mm f/4 lens. It took forever to find an exact Nikkor replacement shutter but now the camera has proper factory f/stops to match the cameras f/4 lens. The shutter was brand new when I bought it several years ago for use in the ZenzaBlad, a different camera project that used the same lens and helical setup. It has very low miles in it.

The camera uses a 21mm Voigtlander finder that has been masked down to match the ratio of the camera. The bottom of the mask is notched out so you can check the focus setting and the approximate f/stop before shooting. It comes in a perfect little padded case from the RICOH GV-1 finder.

The camera and finder ship in an equipment case that still has room for film, light meter or anything else you want to add.

 

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[Jeff Bennett]

Really cool.

 

[davela]

Yes, this is pretty amazing and the results are phenomenal, nice job! I think a lot of us are probably curious as to how you made this!

 

[Karl K]

I'm curious to know which Konica body was the basis for this well executed DYI project?

 

[dirkfletcher]

Thanks for the kind words, the Autoreflex A has a large enough pressure plate to cover the entire film gate after it has been opened up. If you want to check out some of my other cameras, here is a link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dirkfletcher/albums.

It's safe to say I've been cutting cameras up for quite some time lol!
Dirk

 

[Richard Man]

Rad! Call it an "XPan at 1/4 the price!" and it will sell in no time. (I still have my XPan II otherwise this is very attractive)

 

[dirkfletcher]

I sold off my original XPan years ago and still regret it to this day! I only had the 45mm for most of the time, got a silver/champaign 90mm right before I sold it, so I didn’t really get a feel for the 90mm but the 45mm was so unbelievably sharp it was almost unreal. Velvia and Provia shined in that camera like nothing else. Truly a stand out camera in the ‘camera-sphere’. I wish I didn’t hear stories of the electronics failing over time or it might be back on my ‘dream camera’ list but there are sooooo pricy these days.

 

[Ardpatrick]

Combining the body of a 35mm, the glass from a medium format, and the shutter from a large format, to produce a camera that uses a format different from each of its components.This is an incredible camera Dirk.

I’m covered with the 35mm pano kit for my Mamiya 7’s, but there’ll be plenty of takers - the negative look crisp.

 

[dirkfletcher]

Super excited the camera has been sold and will soon be heading across ‘the pond’ to its new home in Italy!