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Lock on the river Sûre, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
Thought lost negative from the early 1990's and recently scanned.




Linhof Technorama 617S + Schneider-Kreuznach Super-Angulon 90mm (no filters) on AGFA pan 400 processed in Rodinal 1+50, scanned on a Epson 750
 

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Lonelyboy,
Very nice, thanks.
 

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Everyone here is making me want a panorama camera... I don't need another camera. I'm just envious of the great scenes.
 
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Moose22 said:
Everyone here is making me want a panorama camera... I don't need another camera. I'm just envious of the great scenes.
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Hey someone has to get the economy going again! Get out there and stimulate the economy.
 

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Moose22 said:
Everyone here is making me want a panorama camera... I don't need another camera. I'm just envious of the great scenes.
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Got an RB67? Load 35mm with adapters and put a 65 mm or 50 mm on it, and get almost the same aspect ratio as an XPAN with equipment you already own. And only three times the weight!
 

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Donald Qualls said:
Got an RB67? Load 35mm with adapters and put a 65 mm or 50 mm on it, and get almost the same aspect ratio as an XPAN with equipment you already own. And only three times the weight!
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How many shots per film?
 

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NB23 said:
How many shots per film?
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If you use a 220 back and fix the counter roller so the film can drive the counter (dead easy), all you lose is roughly a foot for loading, around 4-5 70mm frames -- and if you make up a leader from fixed-out film, cine leader material, or 120 backing paper, you can eliminate most of that. When I've done it, I get normal spacing (same as if I were using 120), so with leader and careful loading it ought to be up to 20 on a roll marked for 36 (220 film is about the same length as 135-36). There are also files available to 3D print a frame mask to control the film edge and keep it flat, though I haven't found a big problem with crosswise curl the couple times I've done it (I've got the mask printed, but haven't installed it yet).

Probably not much of a street camera (too heavy), but it works fine for tripod mounted applications.
 

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I appreciate your explanation and passion to make it work. It amazes me why everytime the xpan is in question the recomendation to use half-assed solution arises. The XPAN is a full-ass camera. No half-ass.
 

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The way I look at it, I've already got the RB67, the 220 back was cheapish (because 220 film is pretty much gone), and tinkering is fun. So, I saved thousands of dollars and avoided dependency on electronics that may fail without warning and are not repairable when (not if) they fail. The tradeoff is I build up my biceps and upper deltoids whenever I use the camera.

I'm still working on coming up with either a film cutter (a la Exakta Varex), rewind mechanism,or similar to allow unloading in the field without needing a dark bag.
 

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Old Gregg said:
Hiking and carrying around heavy objects is good for us.
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Mostly -- I'm hoping I'm not permanently retired from using my RB67 on the go; my back has been giving me fits for a couple months. At the least, I need to get a good backpack to carry something heavy like my RB or my Graphic View outside the house. And I need to get a much lighter tripod...
 

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People here are just a bunch of enablers.

Old Gregg said:
Indeed! Most people use this line as a joke. My attitude is to treat it as a real benefit. Part of the reason I'm into this hobby is because it makes me more active. Hiking and carrying around heavy objects is good for us.
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Borrow one of my GX680s and get back to me.

I tend to haul it around in a wagon. It's not so much the 11lbs of camera, it's also the tripod I use with it, which weighs as much. And the bulk of everything -- it all takes a lot of space. A second lens is about the same size and weight as my F6 with a 50mm attached.

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Got an RB67?
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No. Thankfully. I'd be futzing with it as well as what I have. I mean, I could probably rig an adapter on my C330, but I am not so sure vertical landscape panoramas are quite as appealing. At least not where I spend my time. Might be fun to try at golden hour in the loop in Chicago or something for someone creative.

Really, I am trying to be good right now. One idea at a time, and I'm not taking enough photographs at the moment with the gear I have. Doesn't mean I don't really dig the panoramas.
 

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What the heck, this is a cropped image from a 6x4.5 scanned transparency.



Excuse the scan - it is from my early attempts.
The point being that panoramic cameras are wonderful, but the critical part is that you need to be able to see in panoramas.
 
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