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Very clever, took me a while to work out what you had done, very impressive.
Here's my Wirgin build with SA 47mm f5.6. I coupled the lens to a Zorki RF. The latter expects a 52mm lens but it works ok.
[url=https://flic.kr/p/2nvkRjS]DIY Wirgin Panoramic verywiiideᵀᴹ by Olivier, on Flickr[/URL]
DSC-05213 stitch by Olivier, on Flickr
3D printed a 4 mm spanner in order to remove the self-timer lever of a Minolta SRT101 (worked great).
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Very clever, took me a while to work out what you had done, very impressive.
Wonderful creation - virtually an work of art.That is very cool! Props to you.
After making the last 6x9 Zeiss conversion with a 65mm lens for someone, I realized how cool these little Zeiss conversions are. I had long wanted a ‘smallish’ camera with a ‘largish’ neg which would be ideal as travel companion (if we ever get back to traveling again…).
At first I was thinking about using a 6x9 Graflok back, but by the time you added the roll film back, the camera becomes more like a cube or box due to the way the film plane is directly in front of both the feed and take up spools. Using a Zeiss camera body with the film plane at the back of the body and the spools to the sides (and kinda in front) really helps the finished product be a bit less boxy and a little more ‘camera’ shaped.
To keep the camera as small as possible and ideal for handheld shooting, I used a single coated 47mm f/5.6 Super Angulon, this lens is remarkably small, especially compared to the modern, multicoated 47mm f/5.6 (non-XL) Super Angulon. The older single coated version was only designed to cover 6x9 which I have to assume keeps it nice and tidy. The front filter thread is only 49mm and the rear element is small enough to fit inside a small focusing helical. This was key as the lens board had to be recessed inside the camera body a bit for the focus to be work, the larger helical that I usually use would not fit into the smaller 6x9 camera body. The camera will focus from infinity to well under 6 feet!
After stripping off the 85 year old paint and leather from the camera, a gorgeous stamped steel camera body emerged. It was just too pretty to cover up with fresh paint or new leather so I gave it a good cleaning and buffed it out as best I could. The black accessories and lens mount look great on the polished silver camera body, I could be more happy with how this camera project turned out.
I’m looking forward to shooting a bunch of 6x9 this fall and winter.
There are more pictures of the camera and some other test shots on Flickr if you want to check them out: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dirkfletcher/albums.
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Here's my Wirgin build with SA 47mm f5.6. I coupled the lens to a Zorki RF. The latter expects a 52mm lens but it works ok.
[url=https://flic.kr/p/2nvkRjS]DIY Wirgin Panoramic verywiiideᵀᴹ by Olivier, on Flickr[/URL]
DSC-05213 stitch by Olivier, on Flickr
Here is a new build. 6x7 (coupled) rangefinder. First roll was not great: SLS PA12 isn't opaque!
DIY 6x7 rangefinder by Olivier, on Flickr
DIY 6x7 rangefinder by Olivier, on Flickr
DIY 6x7 rangefinder by Olivier, on Flickr
Because it's smaller and lighter, and I like to build stuff.Cute. Not to be impolite, but why did you take the trouble to reinvent the Mamiya Press?
Here is a new build. 6x7 (coupled) rangefinder. First roll was not great: SLS PA12 isn't opaque!
DIY 6x7 rangefinder by Olivier, on Flickr
DIY 6x7 rangefinder by Olivier, on Flickr
DIY 6x7 rangefinder by Olivier, on Flickr
Nice work again. How did you couple the range finder to the lens gear on this one?
Thanks! On the 2nd pic you can see an attachment on the rear lens group. There is a little plate that contacts the cam follower. Had to extend the latter because it expects a shorter lens.
Do you have a picture of how you attached the cam to the helical gear?
Because it's smaller and lighter, and I like to build stuff.
Because it's smaller and lighter, and I like to build stuff.
Here is a new build. 6x7 (coupled) rangefinder. First roll was not great: SLS PA12 isn't opaque!
DIY 6x7 rangefinder by Olivier, on Flickr
DIY 6x7 rangefinder by Olivier, on Flickr
DIY 6x7 rangefinder by Olivier, on Flickr
Here's me with my TardisCam - a Dora Goodman build in Tardis blue. Basically a soup-up SWC with 50mm Biogon and a Godox Retro flash
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50mm Biogon? Did you mean 53mm?
You aren't kidding Don, I've talked to two different people who have had gen 1 XPans just go dark!!!!! That's like a 4K ticking time bomb. Its crazy!!Not to mention no unrepairable electronics to fail without warning...
Hi Dirk,
Inspired by your great conversions I've sourced a Zeiss Nettar and a 47 SA and have begun building. Looking at the photos of your camera it looks like the lens is mounted in the center of the new lens board. The Nettar's film gate is offset down effectively giving you front rise on the lens if the lens is in fact centered on the front. If this is right is it intentional or just how the helical needs to fit? It would seem to me with such a wide lens some front rise is not a bad thing to avoid excessive foreground.
How did you mount the front lens panel to the camera body? I'm thinking of using epoxy to glue it in. If your are not wanting to give away all your secrets, I understand.
Cheers
Rick
Hee hee, couldn't pass anything lens-related by APUGersI should have said "Biogon type". It's a Mamiya Press 50mm lens, that is... well, Biogon design. F/6.3 So relatively compact. Looks to be similar length as the 38mm Biogon but larger diameter
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