Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, That is inventive... Cheers Jayanand Sent from my iPad On 08-Sep-2013, at 2:02 AM, Jim Hemenway <jim at hemenway.com> wrote: > 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information