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Subject: [Leica] Was Concord River, now FishFlex
From: lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 19:37:18 +0200
References: <5227C0C5.6040506@hemenway.com> <485E7D61-FB60-4D11-8BE1-BDC8126FE573@verizon.net> <522B8D74.8090401@hemenway.com>

Thank you for sharing these interesting pictures, the last one is very nice!
Lluis 

El 07/09/2013, a las 22:32, Jim Hemenway <jim at hemenway.com> escribi?:

> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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