Plastic Panorama

[xya]

you get good results with an adapter 120 135 film, easily available on ebay. I tried my mamiya rb67 with a 6x7 back and a 50mm lens, other combinations are possible.

mamiya rb 67, 50mm, kodak gold, scan canon 9000f II raw with dust, calais, mollien quarter

the same photo scanned with the help of a lomo digitaliza, the scanner doesn't do its white balancing

mamiya rb 67, 50mm, kodak gold, scan canon 9000f II raw with dust, calais, mollien quarter

mamiya rb 67, 50mm, kodak gold, scan canon 9000f II raw with dust, calais, mollien quarter

it works well, you can have nice panoramas for less than 20€ of investment. i only had 15 shots of a 36 shots film with a 6x7 220 back. the advance is normally managed by a gummed roller at the top of the film plane. as the 135 is narrower and does not pass through it, the lever does not stop and the spacing increases as the reel gets thicker. but hey, for 3 or 4 more shots, there is no need to change it.

I'm very happy to have this extra possibility.

 

[Cholentpot]

you get good results with an adapter 120 135 film, easily available on ebay. I tried my mamiya rb67 with a 6x7 back and a 50mm lens, other combinations are possible.

mamiya rb 67, 50mm, kodak gold, scan canon 9000f II raw with dust, calais, mollien quarter

the same photo scanned with the help of a lomo digitaliza, the scanner doesn't do its white balancing

mamiya rb 67, 50mm, kodak gold, scan canon 9000f II raw with dust, calais, mollien quarter

mamiya rb 67, 50mm, kodak gold, scan canon 9000f II raw with dust, calais, mollien quarter

it works well, you can have nice panoramas for less than 20€ of investment. i only had 15 shots of a 36 shots film with a 6x7 220 back. the advance is normally managed by a gummed roller at the top of the film plane. as the 135 is narrower and does not pass through it, the lever does not stop and the spacing increases as the reel gets thicker. but hey, for 3 or 4 more shots, there is no need to change it.

I'm very happy to have this extra possibility.

Nice photos, but I'd need a 6x7 to do this. And I don't own a 6x7. I own crappy plastic cameras.

 

[summicron1]

I have been shooting with a modified Kodak "Fun Saver Panoramic 35" disposable camera since 1992. I reload the camera in the darkroom or in the field with a changing tent as the 35mm film needs to be pulled from the cassette onto the take-up reel. So, when you advance the film it's being pulled back into the cassette. I shoot Kodak Tri-X film most of the time. I like how the old school grain paired with the cameras two element 25mm f=12 plastic lens looks. I have also shoot some out dated C-41 film with mixed results. Check out my website, direct link to my plastic panorama images as well as the three portfolios below this one.

https://www.deonreynolds.com/plasticpanorama

Best,

Deon

your "crappy cameras" designation on one album is wrong. As your work clearly shows, there are no crappy cameras, but lots of crappy photographers. This is a lesson we all need to learn.

charlie

 

[Cholentpot]

your "crappy cameras" designation on one album is wrong. As your work clearly shows, there are no crappy cameras, but lots of crappy photographers. This is a lesson we all need to learn.

charlie

If you've never cussed at a camera while you're using one or had one go to pieces in middle of a roll you've never used a crappy cameras.

 

[summicron1]

If you've never cussed at a camera while you're using one or had one go to pieces in middle of a roll you've never used a crappy cameras.

My only time having that happen was my unfortunate experiment with a Kiev 88. I did still get some good images but ... ok, ur right, they are crappy.

 

[Cholentpot]

My only time having that happen was my unfortunate experiment with a Kiev 88. I did still get some good images but ... ok, ur right, they are crappy.

Cycle through enough cameras and you'll find some excellent builds that are crappy cameras and some crappy cameras that are excellent to use.

 

[Jeremy Mudd]

So I picked up a Sprocket Rocket earlier this year and have run a few rolls thru it. I like it for what it is - small, light, cheap, good film advance with no danger of frame overlap, etc. For some reason I don't like the images out of it as much as I like my Holga work, but maybe it will just take time for it to grow on me.

Over the last few years I've shot a lot of 135 panos in my RB67 so I have to remember one should not compare the two and let the Sprocket Rocket be what it is........................

One from last weekend, walking around Dayton, Ohio with the Rocket and some Tri-X 400 film.

Jeremy