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Sandeha Lynch

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6x7 on 4x5
« on: September 08, 2008, 05:39:09 PM »
A couple of years ago I hacked into a 4x5 film holder so that I could slide my Mamiya RB67 roll film holder onto it, and use 6x7 on the back of my view camera.

Then something or other distracted me, and I never got around to trying it out.







A couple of careful cuts into the aluminium plate, lots of black velvet ribbon, some old backing paper, and a brass locking bar.  Not a lot to it, though it is as flimsy and fragile as it looks.

Payoff time.  The first shot is with all camera movements at neutral, using a Caltar 210mm f/6.8 triplet lens wide open.  Neopan 400 dev'd in DDX.



Second uses a fair amount of rear swing.



Third, front swing in the opposite direction.



And last, with the same swings as above I added some rear tilt and front tilt, again in opposite directions.



Such a degree of swing and tilt would not be possible at 4x5 on this camera - bellows obstruction kicks in.  But on the smaller frame of 6x7 you can shift the standards out quite far.


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Re: 6x7 on 4x5
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2008, 05:42:57 PM »
Och mesmerizing stuff Sandeha   :)  :)
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Re: 6x7 on 4x5
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2008, 06:33:30 PM »
Really cool stuff. You seem to love hacking cameras Sir

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Re: 6x7 on 4x5
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2008, 09:18:08 PM »
I must say that I'm impressed from your images !!!!!!!!!! I love the tones, the the metalic feelings and the selective focus
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