Hi there
Newbie here just getting to grips with the right equipment - I used to shoot 4x10" film on a view camera for landscape and architecture and am now converting to a MFD kit for ease of use and portability mainly.
To get the panoramic format I'm intending on using technical camera shifts rather than panning. Therefore the Cambo Wide RS fits the bill and has a nice 40mm shift (-20/+20) horizontal and 35mm vertical (-25/+15).
In the search for lenses I've stumbled across the Rodenstock 55mm 4.5 which has an image circle of 125mm @ F11. With film lenses I'm used to ICs of over 350mm, but 125mm is great for a digital lens.
With a 48x36mm sensor, this lens would give 47 degrees of horizontal field of view, about the same as a 41mm lens on 35mm format, so not that wide.
However if using the full 40mm horizontal shift available on the Cambo WRS, I'd get a total sensor area of 88x36mm with 2 shots (8mm overlap), and therefore the horizontal field of view would stretch to 77degrees. About the same horizontal field of view as a 23mm lens on 35mm. Room for rise and fall is there too with the IC of 125mm. Perhaps I could also not have to stop-down to F11 to avoid diffraction. Maybe at F8 it would still cover?
I made the diagram attached, I think my workings are correct - have I gone wrong anywhere?!
I like the sound of the pixels available at 88x36mm of captured image!
Should I be looking at other similar lenses, that are available in the WRS panels?
Thanks in advance
TMH
Newbie here just getting to grips with the right equipment - I used to shoot 4x10" film on a view camera for landscape and architecture and am now converting to a MFD kit for ease of use and portability mainly.
To get the panoramic format I'm intending on using technical camera shifts rather than panning. Therefore the Cambo Wide RS fits the bill and has a nice 40mm shift (-20/+20) horizontal and 35mm vertical (-25/+15).
In the search for lenses I've stumbled across the Rodenstock 55mm 4.5 which has an image circle of 125mm @ F11. With film lenses I'm used to ICs of over 350mm, but 125mm is great for a digital lens.
With a 48x36mm sensor, this lens would give 47 degrees of horizontal field of view, about the same as a 41mm lens on 35mm format, so not that wide.
However if using the full 40mm horizontal shift available on the Cambo WRS, I'd get a total sensor area of 88x36mm with 2 shots (8mm overlap), and therefore the horizontal field of view would stretch to 77degrees. About the same horizontal field of view as a 23mm lens on 35mm. Room for rise and fall is there too with the IC of 125mm. Perhaps I could also not have to stop-down to F11 to avoid diffraction. Maybe at F8 it would still cover?
I made the diagram attached, I think my workings are correct - have I gone wrong anywhere?!
I like the sound of the pixels available at 88x36mm of captured image!
Should I be looking at other similar lenses, that are available in the WRS panels?
Thanks in advance
TMH