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[awty]

make one for me too...

I think you will be far happier with the real thing.
I made a 6x12 with a 90mm lens, but its not very discrete, then again, Ive used a Mamiya rz out and about on the street and that ways a ton and is like a canon going off.
Wouldn't be too hard to adapt a medium format to a double frame 35mm, sure theres a DIY youtube vid somewhere.

 

[NB23]

I think you will be far happier with the real thing.
I made a 6x12 with a 90mm lens, but its not very discrete, then again, Ive used a Mamiya rz out and about on the street and that ways a ton and is like a canon going off.
Wouldn't be too hard to adapt a medium format to a double frame 35mm, sure theres a DIY youtube vid somewhere.

the xpan is truly such a masterpiece. It will always be worth every penny. But that’s me. Some people can’t shoot the format.

 

[awty]

Some people can’t shoot the format.

I wouldnt be too hard on yourself, bit more practice and you'll get the hang of it.

 

[InExperience]

Roma
Leica M6, 50mm, Fuji Neopan 400, Kodak Xtol 1+1, 400 iso, 10 min, 20°C.
Printed: BERGGER Variable Contrast Neutral Glossy - FB 20x30cm

 

[Donald Qualls]

Wouldn't be too hard to adapt a medium format to a double frame 35mm, sure theres a DIY youtube vid somewhere.

Any 6x7 can duplicate the Xpan format just by loading 35mm into a 220 magazine. You can do this at any level of sophistication you like, from primitive (guessing at framing) to "wasn't it designed to do this?" level. An RB67, heavy and loud, will never pass for an Xpan, but I have a 90mm, and can (over time) afford a 65 and 50 (which will nearly duplicate the lens range the Xpan can wear). And the camera has no electronics to fail without warning, doesn't even need a battery.

 

[Pieter12]

Any 6x7 can duplicate the Xpan format just by loading 35mm into a 220 magazine. You can do this at any level of sophistication you like, from primitive (guessing at framing) to "wasn't it designed to do this?" level. An RB67, heavy and loud, will never pass for an Xpan, but I have a 90mm, and can (over time) afford a 65 and 50 (which will nearly duplicate the lens range the Xpan can wear). And the camera has no electronics to fail without warning, doesn't even need a battery.

Just crop the 6x7 to an extreme horizontal. You will have the added bonus of more vertical leeway.

 

[Black Dog]

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Roma
Leica M6, 50mm, Fuji Neopan 400, Kodak Xtol 1+1, 400 iso, 10 min, 20°C.
Printed: BERGGER Variable Contrast Neutral Glossy - FB 20x30cm

Those expressions are just priceless!
More summer moments from Edinburgh at festival time. Just going with the flow as the moment unfolds.

 

[awty]

Any 6x7 can duplicate the Xpan format just by loading 35mm into a 220 magazine. You can do this at any level of sophistication you like, from primitive (guessing at framing) to "wasn't it designed to do this?" level. An RB67, heavy and loud, will never pass for an Xpan, but I have a 90mm, and can (over time) afford a 65 and 50 (which will nearly duplicate the lens range the Xpan can wear). And the camera has no electronics to fail without warning, doesn't even need a battery.

Yes, seen the youtube vids, easy peasy. Still the xpan look like a sweet camera, way out of my price range though, which is roughly $100 for a 35mm camera, even if I sold off all my 35's be still struggling to get a down payment on one..

 

[awty]

Just crop the 6x7 to an extreme horizontal. You will have the added bonus of more vertical leeway.

My little $5 Pentax Espio will crop your 35mm to that aspect ratio although resolution isnt very good......and its no good for Instagram.

And I like 1:2 ratio aswell.

 

[awty]

Those expressions are just priceless!
More summer moments from Edinburgh at festival time. Just going with the flow as the moment unfolds.
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Great picture, love the bubbles.....think I see you in them, or that might be the drugs.

 

[Donald Qualls]

My little $5 Pentax Espio will crop your 35mm to that aspect ratio although resolution isnt very good......and its no good for Instagram.
And I like 1:2 ratio aswell.

If you mask your 6x7 to the standard 24 mm width, you're getting close to 3:1 (a true Xpan shoots 24x70, as I recall; if I mask the sprockets my RB67 does 24x67).

Those cheap "panoramic" point & shoots are a joke; they just mask down the standard 35mm frame, so instead of more image than 24x36, you're getting less (about 1/3 less).

Since I can't get (fresh) 220 film any more anyway, I like the idea of minor mods to a 220 film back to make the shots a $5000 Xpan would, with a camera I'll have about $1000 into by the time I have the lenses that (approximately) match the Xpan focal lengths -- and in a camera with no ticking time bomb in the form of electronics that are no longer repairable. Sure, it weighs as much as five Xpans -- but i can also shoot 6x4.5 and 6x7 with it, and mount lenses as long as 500 mm (not to mention the 37mm fisheye).

 

[Ste_S]

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Roma
Leica M6, 50mm, Fuji Neopan 400, Kodak Xtol 1+1, 400 iso, 10 min, 20°C.
Printed: BERGGER Variable Contrast Neutral Glossy - FB 20x30cm

I like this a lot, nicely done!

 

[Jason LaRiviere]

I recently updated my portfolio site with volume six in a diaristic series I call Flow. I don't post much about it anywhere because I'm not much into self-promotion, and because I know this kind of photography (which I'm a little loathe to call "street photography" for many of the same reasons that made Garry bristle) is not to everyone's taste.

I enjoy it. Maybe you will too, and I most definitely welcome your feedback!

 

[MattKing]

Thanks for posting this Jason.
There is a lot I like on your site. I'm wondering how much of the connection I feel to some of the images is due to my familiarity with the location.
I have the same musings about Fred Herzog.

 

[logan2z]

I recently updated my portfolio site with volume six in a diaristic series I call Flow. I don't post much about it anywhere because I'm not much into self-promotion, and because I know this kind of photography (which I'm a little loathe to call "street photography" for many of the same reasons that made Garry bristle) is not to everyone's taste.

I enjoy it. Maybe you will too, and I most definitely welcome your feedback!

Hi Jason,

As @MattKing said, a lot to like in your portfolio

I'm certainly no second coming of Cartier-Bresson or Garry Winogrand so take my comments with the appropriately sized grain of salt, but I have to say that I prefer your 'urban landscapes' to your photos that involve people on the street. I think that's partly because of how far away you are from the people in most of the photographs. I think the pictures would be much stronger if you could find a way to get closer (the old Robert Capa quote comes to mind) and if there was some sort of significant gesture somewhere in them. I realize it's difficult to do and I've struggled with that in my own photography, but getting closer really does make a world of difference.

Thanks for sharing your work with the forum.

 

[Black Dog]

Great picture, love the bubbles.....think I see you in them, or that might be the drugs.

Yes, you can see little reflections when you look really closely-I'm pleased I managed to get that.

 

[awty]

Gretl if, 25mm, fp4

 

[InExperience]

Nice silhouette and atmosphere

 

[macfred]

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Gretl if, 25mm, fp4

Great one, Paul!
Nice to see somebody using the term 'Gretl' for the old If ...

 

[macfred]

Busker - Utrecht, The Netherlands

Rplleiflex 3.5F - Planar - XP2 Super

 

[macfred]

Mobile Bratwurst stall ...

Rolleiflex 3.5F - Planar - Neopan 400CN

 

[awty]

Great one, Paul!
Nice to see somebody using the term 'Gretl' for the old If ...

 

[macfred]

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Here's another photog from Australia who named his Leica If 'Gretl' ...

https://www.lomography.de/magazine/222384-leica-if-the-lomo-leica

 

[awty]

Here's another photog from Australia who named his Leica If 'Gretl' ...

https://www.lomography.de/magazine/222384-leica-if-the-lomo-leica

Ha, thats my Gretl, GESCHRIEBEN VON LOKIFIED was obviously not worthy.

 

[awty]

Nikon f2, nikkor 105mm , fp4