Shooting with a 612 back on 5x4?

[raathistle]

Recently I've been finding most of the stuff I'm shooting on my Chamonix I find I want to crop to panoramic, even at the point of capture, to the extent I've been looking at making a panoramic darkslide to take out with me. This got me to thinking that instead of that and still only getting 2 shots per 5x4 frame, I could get a 612 back and shoot my stash of 120 Astia and Velvia

Does anyone have any experience of using these panoramic backs on 5x4? did you find you needed to mask out the groundglass, or did you mark it instead in some way so you can still see around the frame?

My other worry is I only have a 90mm at the wide end, which doesn't feel very wide when said in MF terms. I don't really want to spend £300 on a back to find I need to spend the same again on a 75mm (or wider) to get the sort of look I'm after :nono:

Really I'm just after anyones experiences of using one of these on 5x4, and the pros and cons

 

[Steve Smith]

I have no experience of using a 6x12 back on a 5x4 camera but I liked the 6x12 format so much that when I acquired a 65mm Super Angulon lens, I made a 6x12 camera for it (link below).

I think it does need to be wide angle to be effective though.


Steve.

 

[magicolor1]

Wow Steve - I'm impressed with your hand built 6x12 camera! Wish I had the tools and skill to do that. I've used a 6x9 back on my 5x4 camera, and I have the ground glass marked up with 6x9 frame lines which makes it just as easy to use as a dark slide. I prefer the bigger scale of 6x12 but could never justify the cost of a film back. I got the 6x9 back very cheap ages ago!

 

[Steve Smith]

Wow Steve - I'm impressed with your hand built 6x12 camera!

It's machine built really.

I prefer the bigger scale of 6x12 but could never justify the cost of a film back. I got the 6x9 back very cheap ages ago!

Have a look at the 6x12 Holga pinhole camera. I think it could easily and cheaply be made into a 6x12 back for a view camera.


Steve.