From: S Wang (stwang@direcTVinternet.com)
Date: 12/21/02-07:26:49 PM Z
Hi Temi,
Yes, as Carl and Kerik have explained, you simply need to figure out
a way to graft a lens meant for a smaller format, onto a back that's
larger. In my case I originally built a 5x7 camera body to accept a
medium format wide angle lens (I actually built 4 different
versions). Later, I built a medium format back to mate with 35mm
lenses. More recently I built a 4x5 body to accept a medium format
wide angle lens - this last version actually was first built by
someone who saw my work in PHOTO Techniques magazine. He sold it to
me and I had to rebuild the body with wood (his was all metal - very
heavy!)
If all you wanted was a circular format, you can do what a lot of
people do, just crop the picture when you print. But that would be
completely different from what I wanted.
Funny how a lot of people also immediately thought I used pinhole.
I'm glad no one ever thought it was fisheye.
The web design was done by Joe Champaign, a wizard with the web, who
also a photographer, teaches at Virginia Intermont College in Bristol.
Hope this answers your questions.
Sam
>The basis is simply to use the entire lens coverage for the picture,
>instead of just a small rectangular section of it. So the dark edges are
>where the lens images start to fall off.
>
>
>From: S Wang [mailto:stwang@direcTVinternet.com]
>
>
>Hello Sam,
>I viewed your images on the web and very much enjoyed the photos and
>also the web page design. I was puzzled as to how you might have taken
>these photos. When I read the above statement, I decided I needed to ask
>just how these circular photos were accomplished. Just how does one go
>about using the "entire lens coverage" - this is probably
>self-explanatory to most but not to me.
>If this procedure can be simply explained, I would sure like to give it
>a try.
>Thank you in advance for your reply.
>Temi
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