Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Jayanand. But it's definitely not a great feat of craftsmanship ;-) Jim H On 9/7/13 8:30 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Jim, > That is inventive... > Cheers > Jayanand > > Sent from my iPad > > On 08-Sep-2013, at 2:02 AM, Jim Hemenway<jim at hemenway.com> wrote: > >> Hello Frank: >> >> It's a 4x5 LF "homemade" TLR fisheye camera which produces an 85mm >> diameter image on a sheet of 4x5 inch film. >> >> It was originally a single body with no viewfinder, but it proved >> difficult to hold a composition steady as seen via the ground glass on >> the back, whilst closing down the aperture, inserting the film holder, >> cocking the focal plane shutter and then removing the dark slide. >> http://www.half-fast.com/ >> >> So I added another body, another Arsat lens, two proper lens mounts and >> an old Polaroid reflex mirror... making the camera an odd heavy TLR but >> which works okay me... did I tell you it's heavy? ;-) >> http://www.half-fast.com/-FishFlex.jpg >> >> http://www.hemenway.com/FishFlex-BoatsAtHullGut.jpg >> >> JimH >> >> >> On 9/4/13 11:00 PM, Kayai wrote: >>> I love fisheye shots. But what is a fishflex? >>> >>> Already know about the Arsat >>> >>> Frank Filippone >>> >>> On Sep 4, 2013, at 1:22 PM, Jim Hemenway<jim at hemenway.com> wrote: >>> >>>> The Concord River a few weeks ago... after passing through David >>>> Thoreau country in Concord... here on it's way to merge with the >>>> Merrimack River in Lowell, help fill the canals and then join the >>>> Atlantic ocean downstream at Newburyport >>>> >>>> http://www.hemenway.com/ConcordRiver.jpg >>>> Pentax K10D >>>> >>>> http://www.hemenway.com/IndustrialCanyon-11x14-200072-Ekta100.png >>>> Korona 11x14 with Ektachrome 100 >>>> >>>> http://www.hemenway.com/11282007-Newburyport-FishFlex/ >>>> FishFlex 4x5 with GASP, B&W film >>>> >>>> Jim >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >