Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wonderful work, Jim. Seems like you had a good time. The one that works best for me ATM is the TwistedTree: it curvature of the lens matches very good with the road. Thanks for showing, Philippe Op 17-jul-06, om 04:47 heeft Jim Hemenway het volgende geschreven: > Folks: > > I really like shooting with a fisheye lens and wanted to try a > larger format than 35mm and medium format, but couldn't find a lens > which will give me fisheye effects on large format. > > So, I built this with a lens that I had in a drawer. > <http://www.half-fast.com/Fisheye/4x5-Fisheye-L.jpg> > > It's a 4x5 Fisheye camera with an 85mm image circle. > > I used an old beat-up Speed Graphic which I stripped down to just > the box and the focal plane shutter. > > Then I killed an ailing Kiev 60 to harvest its body parts. > <http://www.half-fast.com/Fisheye/Kiev60.jpg> to get a lens mount > for the 30mm fisheye lens which I then installed on a piece of wood > which fits tightly into the camera box. > <http://www.half-fast.com/Fisheye/4x5-FisheyeMount-L.jpg> > > This is what it looks like from the side: > <http://www.half-fast.com/Fisheye/4x5-Fisheye-side.jpg> > > Here's some of the first photos from the week before last: > <http://www.half-fast.com/Fisheye/Photos/BackPorch-with-Ears- > Ektachrome.jpg> > <http://www.half-fast.com/Fisheye/Photos/FrontYard-Right-with-Ears- > Ektchrome.jpg> > > You can see that the "ears" of the built-in lens hood, interfere > with the 180 degree sweep of this lens when used with this "camera". > > So I used a pair of tin snips to remove them: > <http://www.half-fast.com/Fisheye/Fisheye.jpg> > > These photos are from this past week without those pesky "ears": > <http://www.half-fast.com/Fisheye/Photos/FrontYard-Right- > Ektachrome.jpg> > <http://www.half-fast.com/Fisheye/Photos/BackPorch-Ektachrome.jpg> > <http://www.half-fast.com/Fisheye/Photos/TwistedTree-Polaroid.jpg> > > I had forgotten just how much "real estate" is seen at 180 degrees, > so this im me, not part of the lens hood at the top: > <http://www.half-fast.com/Fisheye/Photos/TwistedTreeandMe-Polarod.jpg> > > I've bought a Graflok back on ebay to replace the decrepit existing > spring back. Then I'll be able to use the Polaroid back without > the heavy duty rubber bands. I also want to get a reflex hood for it. > > Now I have to do some shooting with it to determine how to get the > best photos out of it, versus a square or rectangular fisheye > format. Maybe someting like this: <http://www.half-fast.com/ > Fisheye/Photos/AtTacoBob's-Polaroid.jpg> > > As you can see, I've already branded it with one of our favorite > company's logos... I fully expect them to contact me soon with an > offer which I won't be able to refuse. > > Jim > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >