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Ambermile

Ambermile

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... but who cares? I'll give it a go :D

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1 Coronet Rapide, 2 bits of card, 4 sticky pads and four dabs of glue - instant xPan :D

I make that about 80x24 - aperture is about f/11 I think, fixed as is the shutter at about 1/60th. Luckily, looks a bit cloudy outside... and I make it around 9 flicks of the winder per "frame"
 
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Too mean to waste the first frame!
 
How do you know how far to wind between shots, interested to see how it works out.

Dave
 
Well, got a scrap film and a pen and counted the flicks/half turns of the winders to clear a frame. I figure as the films winds on it's only going to get bigger trather than small, hence the "9 flicks per frame" comment.

Now off "dog walking" :lol:

Arthur


PS - ah. howinhell am I going to scan this?
 
Flatbed scanner useing a modded 120 plate.


Dave
 
Just out of interest, how are you rewinding Arthur? Are you taking a changing bag with you or just only using 1 film before coming home?

What scanner do you have?
 
Only got a standard printer/scanner/fax/copier thing (and the Vehu but that's 35mm only).

I had the bag with me but I only took the one film anyway - didn't last long! I shall boil it up later, kitchen's busy right now and I ain't volunteering for that pile of dishes no way :D

Don't forget though that it's not wiiiiide like xpan, only hi res! Still got the standard 6x4.5 lens... what, 80mm? 90?
 
Hokay - it worked :D

Got nine images all spanning about 2 1/2 frames each (maybe next time it's seven flicks of the winder, but better safe than sorry!) hanging up in the shower to dry - they look reasonable although I undercooked them a bit because I thought I had over-exposed because of the slow shutter speed... I do seem to have some of each (under and over) though so no problem.
 
Well, as expected, the scanner was a bit of a b****r, you can't scan negatives on an office scanner! I tried though, here's the result... turned out quite well but lessons learnt:

1. When the manual says it is f/11 - it's probably f/16
2. Film guides move if you forget to glue them properly
3. Big cameras/little film is actually quite fun :D

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Arthur
 
Outstanding job, cant wait to see better scans, second one with the dog and the last look really good.
Have to see if I can do similar with one of my Kiev backs.

Dave
 
:lol: that's fantastic Arthur - I'd seen similar shots taken with Holga's and a 35mm conversion kit. They tend to shoot onto all the film, including beyond the sprocket holes top and bottom, but pretty much get the same kind of effect you've done. :thumbs:
 
Thanks for the laugh Arthur! You know I'm not really into film anymore, but still have a soft spot for it. It's seeing things like this that makes it worth while. Nice one!
 
I hate mosaicing. It's one of the reasons I don't do Moon pix anymore... but this is different so here's a very quick cut'n'shut

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1024 wide, I hope admin see it as a pano!
 
stitching bits of a picture together, this one is three as I had to scan a bit of the negative at a time in the 35mm scanner!
 
Yup - if I had a proper scanner rather than the 35mm only one I could have scanned it in one :(
 
Dunno BY - they're not *that* good! Maybe the next roll once I get a decent guide and film press sorted?
 
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Dunno BY - they're not *that* good! Maybe the next roll once I get a decent guide and film press sorted?
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The offers there mate - if you decide there's something worth bothering with, just PM me, and i'll send you my address :thumbs:
 
Cool. Just sitting here looking at a line of 11 Bencini Comets, wondering...
 
Anyway, here's ready for the next roll of film. I have re-designed (:lol:) the film guide so it now actually guides whilst also holding the film flat (OOF bits at each end of first shots) so we shall see eh? I shall also only use it in the sunlight, and will cook it for 15 mins!

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Looking forward to seeing the results for this one :D
 
I'm thinking about using a wide adapter but testing focus is a toughie. I have a ground glass plate but it's... "fun" shall we say!
 
Wide adapter then - seems silly using up 2 1/2 frames of a 35mm film and only getting about the same fov, so here's a little adapter to press onto the front of the Coronet and add a 46mm filter thread. Heath Robinson? Too bloody right!

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Bits: small dust cap, big dust cap, 46mm step ring (that is a snug fit inside the big dust cap), wide adapter. Note the ground screen fitted to the film strip to test focus (this in the camera, back open, shutter on B)




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Cut corresponding holes in both caps, glue and fit step ring. Sorted :D




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Well, it's not pretty and I didn't trust the glue so got the soldering iron to it as well. Bit of sticky-back neoprene (used for light seals usually) around the original lens and there you go.


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Like I said, not pretty but it should work!
 
Madness... absolute madness yet... I LOVE IT :p

Look forward to seeing some shots using this rig!

Bry
 
it's also got me thinking... about a year ago, I won a wide angle adaptor lens for the Canon 18-55. Fortunately, it was only a tenner from fleabay, and it gave me a taste for wide angle work, at minimal cost. I say fortunately, as image quality was crepe...

However, it's a 58mm screw fit, and now, so is the lens on my holga :)

Problem was, I didn't want to waste film to see if it actually worked, in terms of focusing. I know focus is a relative term with holga's but there is a spot on the lens that isn't completely fuzzy.

Then I spotted your entry about having a ground glass plate. That got me thinking - all I needed to do was put a translucent screen on the back of the film guide frame, and put the shutter on Bulb....

One square of tracing paper, 2 tags of masking tape, and Robert's your Aunties Significant Other.

Sadly, this is where things go pear shaped. With the additional lens fitted, the image comes into focus around 1.5cm behind the film plane.:shake:

Still - at least it's saved me wasting film :thumbs:
 
Did you put a coat over your head... :lol:

Beauty of these adapters is they are made for the RF-type cameras like the Yashica Electro GTN - they have plenty of leeway on position and still reach focus with the lens... I reckon about .6x for this one but we shall see - now I know it works I will have to be a little more careful about what I point the camera at :D
 
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Did you put a coat over your head... :lol:

Beauty of these adapters is they are made for the RF-type cameras like the Yashica Electro GTN - they have plenty of leeway on position and still reach focus with the lens... I reckon about .6x for this one but we shall see - now I know it works I will have to be a little more careful about what I point the camera at :D
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:lol: it was real old school stuff - camera mounted on big tripod, cable release for shutter, big dark towel over the camera and my head. Had to smile, last time I was doing something like that, it was with a 5"x4" rail camera shooting someones new head office buildiing!
 
I had a coat (small tabletop tripod) and fixing wife with a stare, dared her to say a word. When I had finished and got a result I came out and there were the two kids and the wife trying very hard not to laugh. Married life is a pain sometimes :(
 
Oh yeah, we do. But then if I had gone out today I'd not have sorted the Sensorex II shutter at last
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No, I still have the bath kit thing in the back of the pickup - not even brought that indoors yet :(

I'm on it though ...
 
Well - my plastic Xpan arrived this morning - had a quick look at it, shaved off the worst of the moulding marks from the film path, threw the 6x12cm mask in the camera, and loaded up with HP5+ :)

Had a wander around one of my regular haunts - local ruin, and knocked off a roll, in double quick time (6 shots on a roll of 120 kind of does that!)

Hopefully I'll get to soup 'em tonight and have a look at just how much work it needs to lose the vignetting (note - I'm not expecting to get away without any "out of the box" - it's a Holga after all!).

Update... it worked... sort of :)

 
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