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It's been well used but takes an incredibly sharp photo, corner to corner. I'm stoked, and have really enjoyed experimenting with it. In the last week I've managed to pick up a Linhof 612 PCII with 65mm lens, VF and centre filter for an astonishingly good price. Well, with all this talk about CMOS digital MF sensors, I thought I'd reignite this thread. But then I used my camera for mostly documentary style photography.

I looked at the Linhof, but the permanent shift seemed a pain. I filed the 6x7 and 6x9 frames out of the mask. The viewfinder is great, but can take a while to judge edges and framing. I found zone focusing with the 55mm very easy. If you are shooting fast moving event like festivals, the advance is a bit of a pain-shoot, hit the film advance release, advance film, cock the shutter, shoot. You can learn to change film very quickly. I would use it when I could, but would take it off to keep my shutter speeds high. The center filter definitely improves the performance of the 55mm, but not vital, IMHO. Apertures below f/11 will start to vignette heavily, but you can use that to your advantage-the first image here is wide open.

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I preferred the SW612 (no shifts) over the SW612 Pro (with shifts) because of its size. The first color images here is handheld.įuton Daiko: A Japanese Festival | Hakusan Creation MY iBook, Futon Daiko: A Japanese Festival was mostly shot with the SW612. I very much like this approach, but I'd like to extend my working methods and potentially even push to use the 6x12cm camera hand held – in part inspired by Josef Koudelka and Luc Delahaye's work – in order to achieve a more loose feel and work more intuitively.Īnyway, any feedback regarding these tools would be great.

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I'm not interested in stitching, although I have been shooting multiple images in series that work as individual images but describe the broader context of the scene when displayed side by side.

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I am shooting an ongoing series on a patch of land that is undergoing rapid change (built and environmental / natural) and i would be looking to supplement use of my Techno with the panoramic format. To give you a little bit of my personal background, I use an Imacon 949 to scan and my main system is currently a Linhof Techno with a 6x7cm back. Would anybody here care to speak to their personal experience with this format and the above mentioned brands / systems? (I'm most interested in the Technorama because of its pre-shift, and the Horseman SW612 Pro for its movements, but any general comments are welcome!) I recently had the chance to use a 6x17cm Fuji and although the format is just too wide for me, I think the 6x12cm Horseman or Linhof would be perfect for a project I'm working on. When in use, a corresponding accessory viewfinder can be used for precise image composition and the lens' distance scales are demarcated in imperial and metric measurements for focusing control.I haven't read too much here or other forums of people who are using 6x12 and / or 6x17 panoramic cameras. The shutter is uncoupled from the film winding mechanism and must be cocked prior to each exposure. The lens is set in a standard Copal #0 shutter for shutter speeds between 1/500 to 1 sec, as well as B and T settings, and has an attached cable release with soft pressure shutter release. A helical focusing mount is integrated into the lens unit to allow for one-handed, bellows-free, focusing as close as 5.6'.

The lens is housed within a dedicated lens unit that allows for simple attachment to the 617s III camera body and also incorporates a range of functional elements that pair well with the handheld design of the system. The Linhof Technorama Super-Angulon XL 90mm f/5.6 Lens Unit is a wide-angle lens, providing an 86.7° angle of view, which is specifically designed for use with the Linhof 617s III Panoramic Camera.