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[OM] Re: anyone used om lenses of MF bodies eg bronica etrs

Subject: [OM] Re: anyone used om lenses of MF bodies eg bronica etrs
From: "tOM Trottier" <tOM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:17:12 -0400
Sample pic http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/jpegs/24mmNew_Old.jpg (750km)
Lens detail: http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/jpegs/24mmzuiko1.jpg

tOM

On 28 Sep 2005 at 10:53,
tOM Trottier <tOM@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have a 24mm shift and 16mm fisheye which can be mounted to a
> mamiya 6x7 back.
> http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/jpegs/24mmshiftWith67body.jpg  
> 
> The lens has been adapted by cutting off the scalloped top and
> bottom shades and removing the arm which signals the chosen f/stop
> to an Olympus 35mm SLR. But it  is still usable on my Olympuses as a
> shift lens with auto or stopped-down metering.  
> 
> Actually, any Oly lens will fit the body. The "Body" is hand-made
> with a Mamiya 6x7 roll back, and a T, B, 1 - 1/100 leaf shutter.  
> 
> Expect some vignetting...
> 
> tOM
> 
> On 28 Sep 2005 at 10:42,
> Piers Hemy <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I don't think your proposal would work, Ian, as now described
> > (forget about the previous problems with lens register and frame
> > size).  When using the tandem lens arrangement, the idea is that
> > characteristics of the "taking" lens on its originally-intended
> > format are preserved, with the frame blown-up by the "erecting"
> > lens. My use of a 4mm CCTV lens has not produced anything remotely
> > like a fisheye image. So using a 24mm lens designed for 24x36
> > would result in a super-wide image, to be blown up to MF scale by
> > a macro lens - but remaining a super-wide image.  If you wanted a
> > fisheye image, you would need to use a fisheye 24x36 lens. It
> > might be cheaper to get a 30mm MF fisheye from Kiev!
> > 
> > --
> > Piers 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of swisspace Sent: 28 September 2005 09:03 To:
> > olympus@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: [OM] Re: anyone used om lenses of MF
> > bodies eg bronica etrs
> > 
> > I must admit I was thinking along the lines of using say a 24mm as
> > a fisheye in the larger format or even an 8mm thinking that a
> > larger area film area could be covered in Medium or large format,
> > bit like the macro experiments using cctv on 35mm just ending up
> > with bigger and hopefully better quality images.
> > 
> > I have been thinking about what one of the listees bsaid about an
> > image that didn't have the knockout punch but aged better, and I
> > am wondering that even though we search for perfection it is not
> > really what we want, I always made sure there was at least one
> > small mistake in my job CV when i was consulting, usually a missed
> > full stop and it worked.  I wonder then if its the pictures that
> > people can find a small fault with that endears it more to them -
> > or is my thinking just rubbish. disclaimer - Oh by the way I am
> > not suggesting the aforementioned listees photo is anything other
> > than perfect especially having not even seen it.
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