skinnfell Posted July 30, 2013 Share #1 Posted July 30, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Its rather safe to say I got heavy Mono disease. Loving my Leica Monochrom that is. Recently I have been thinking that these files are just dying to be blown up to two-metre sizes. It really feels like medium format negatives when you get it right. (yada yada, you know the drill) With all this resolution to spare, what can one do? It got me thinking about the hasselblad X-pan I used to have. Wonderful camera, but those negatives were a beast to handle, and the far corners sometimes got a bit fussy. The x-pan was/is essentially a small-format camera fitted with medium-format lenses. Panorama shooting is usually an exercise in extreme patience and meticulousness, and/or specialized and esoteric equipment. Neither of which I posess much of. I love photography for it immediate, spontaneous and unpredictable qualities, also something that is hard to preserve when stitching, or shooting with a spinning lens camera. Today we have on our hands a small format camera with "medium format" resolution. So, why not throw some of it away and make panoramas? Lately I have been having a lot of fun by shooting with my wide angle and cropping the pictures down to a 3,2:1 format. I usually up-res my pictures and add a bit of grain, which gives me an image over 10,000 pixels wide - roughly equal to that of a scanned x-pan negative. (With nikon - don't own a imacon) Further upressing is perfectly possible, but this already corresponds to a 1.8 metre print at 180 dpi. I have taped over the viewfinder to give me an approximate view. PS: I am not saying the M240 or M9 can't do this, I am just saying that the monochrom is particularly well suited for the task. It is the uniform performance of the Leica lenses that makes this possible. PS2: And don't feel limited to wides - go ahead and make panos from your 50 or 90 if you please! Here are just some quick and dirty samples. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/209849-mono-does-pano-like-no-other/?do=findComment&comment=2386047'>More sharing options...
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gjames9142 Posted July 30, 2013 Share #2 Posted July 30, 2013 Keep working with this because you have figured it out technically. You mention scanning cameras as if they are the same as cropped negatives, but they are a whole different game, with their "cigar" distortion and weird orthogonals. I worked with them for years. As the great Czech photographer Josef Sudek said, you have to learn to see like the camera. But that's not your problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill W Posted July 31, 2013 Share #3 Posted July 31, 2013 Very nice. I had to do a double take to figure out the tape on your viewfinder. What viewfinder is this? I have cropped and printed on canvas several times in the past with great success at 20 X 60 inches. Keep up the great work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlynn Posted July 31, 2013 Share #4 Posted July 31, 2013 Nice work and they remind me of the x-pan days. In fact the best panaroma works that I've come to enjoy are those with "immediate, spontaneous and unpredictable qualities". Below are some of my xpan shots for your laughters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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