I cant believe that one of the most traditional or historical photography equipment and film companies ( Kodak on Wikipedia ) is going down the drain ( link ) and filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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Kodak: End-of-Life’d

I cant believe this year has passed so quickly. I noticed not a single post on this blog for a whole year. This actually reflects how many photographs (film) I created this year: Zero ! Reviewing my equipment in the dry cabinet I suddenly felt very bad and decided to develop a last roll that was still in the camera from 2010 and scan some of the negatives.

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2011 – Film is not dead

Sad to post that another classic film based camera is no longer produced. Noblex Germany, based in Dresden, stopped the production. I have a 135S and always looked for a 150.

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Noblex ceased production

The very first outing for the Noblex after about a year of loneliness in the dry cabinet and its owner realizing there was still a film inside. And one more time I did the error of not “moving” it for a long period.

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Noblex Re-Started

The very first outing for the Noblex after about a year of loneliness in the dry cabinet and its owner realizing there was still a film inside. And one more time I did the error of not “moving” it for a long period. The lens barrel would not rotate before several rounds of “supported” turning (aka turn it manually and listen to the squeeky sound).

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Noblex Re-Started

My blog has been very quiet this year (with hardly 3 entries so far), and so was my photography.

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What happened to (Panorama) Photography ?

My blog has been very quiet this year (with hardly 3 entries so far), and so was my photography. Let me write down some of my thoughts about current photography

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What happened to (Panorama) Photography ?

A bit sad to say, but Fotoman pulls out from the traditional film and large/panorama format domain. With effect of April 1st they stopped production for understandable reasons (as you can read here ). Thanks Paul for your dedicated work in the last few years to create a reasonable priced 617 camera (among others).

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Fotoman stops production

A bit sad to say, but Fotoman pulls out from the traditional film and large/panorama format domain. With effect of April 1st they stopped production for understandable reasons (as you can read here ). Thanks Paul for your dedicated work in the last few years to create a reasonable priced 617 camera (among others).

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Fotoman stops production

A while ago I evaluated the user of the Mamiya ZD wich the 24mm lens ( link ) over the Canon 1Ds Sigma 8mm combo. Facts 1Ds with Sigma 8mm : 3 or 4 images (4.062 x 2.704 pixel), fisheye Resulting in a 5.000 x 2.500 equirectangular image. Pro : Full 360×180 degree coverage with 3 images.

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VR with Mamiya ZD

My best panoramic wishes to all readers for the new year ! Another year with hopefully enough film and film producing companies around. Please dont forget to drop by the panorama-gallery .

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Happy New Year 2009

My best panoramic wishes to all readers for the new year ! Another year with hopefully enough film and film producing companies around. Please dont forget to drop by the panorama-gallery .

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Happy New Year 2009

The Swiss company famous for the range of film based panoramic cameras like the VR220 and 28-220 announced the discontinuation of these cameras. Sadly enough, but fact

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Seitz says "Goodbye to film.."

The Swiss company famous for the range of film based panoramic cameras like the VR220 and 28-220 announced the discontinuation of these cameras. Sadly enough, but fact. Guess the digital world force them to move on.

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Seitz says "Goodbye to film.."

No posting for 2 months ! Thats the longest period of silence for this blog. Haven’t been active in the field of (panoramic) film, but more in the digital world (sister blog link )

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On Photo Magazines

No posting for 2 months ! Thats the longest period of silence for this blog. Haven’t been active in the field of (panoramic) film, but more in the digital world (sister blog link ). Today I share some thoughts about photomagazines.

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On Photo Magazines

I got several requests about supply and processing the chinese black and white film SHD from Lucky. I buy them when I travel to China and I let them process by a lab with standard bw process for TMax

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SHD 100

I got several requests about supply and processing the chinese black and white film SHD from Lucky.

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SHD 100

On the Photokina 2008 in September they also announce a large format adapter. But both price and availability is not known yet

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Mamiya announce 4×5" adapter for ZD Back

On the Photokina 2008 in September they also announce a large format adapter. But both price and availability is not known yet. If it takes the same time to market it like the back itself we sell in the shelf around 2011

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Mamiya announce 4×5" adapter for ZD Back

A rather small revision of the back comes with a internal buffer of double size, which allows to shoot more images in a row. The back also allows remote catpure

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Mamiya ZD Back revised

A rather small revision of the back comes with a internal buffer of double size, which allows to shoot more images in a row.

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Mamiya ZD Back revised

I guess everyone is keeping his treasures in a dry cabinet (at least if you live in a damn humid place like Singapore). Since we have so many cameras (don’t we?), it is very unlikely that you bring all your equipment along on a trip. Even more, it happens that a camera is not even used for months

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Tips on storing panoramic cameras

I guess everyone is keeping his treasures in a dry cabinet (at least if you live in a damn humid place like Singapore). Since we have so many cameras (don’t we?), it is very unlikely that you bring all your equipment along on a trip. Even more, it happens that a camera is not even used for months.

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Tips on storing panoramic cameras

Quite a while since I started the monochrome collection of panoramic images at www.panochrome.com . I recently received some requests and decided to continue with the portfolio. I use AirtightInteractive’s SimpleViewer which is not too flashy and simple to use.

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panochrome.com update

Quite a while since I started the monochrome collection of panoramic images at www.panochrome.com . I recently received some requests and decided to continue with the portfolio.

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panochrome.com update

The Ansco Panorama PIX has been sitting on the shelve for quite a while ! Inside a Konica Minolta Centuria 200, damn I still have a box with 100 of this film. Even manged to have shots from 2 continents on one 24 roll. Like my grandma which used one film for 2 birthday and christmas parties

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Ansco Panorama again

The Ansco Panorama PIX has been sitting on the shelve for quite a while ! Inside a Konica Minolta Centuria 200, damn I still have a box with 100 of this film. Even manged to have shots from 2 continents on one 24 roll. Like my grandma which used one film for 2 birthday and christmas parties

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Ansco Panorama again

OK, I haven’t been very active with film lately and the few undeveloped rolls sitting in the black plastic bag for 6 months can tell that. For an average bw film that is not really a big deal, but it seams the Shanghai GP3 does not really like to expose his latent images to the protective layer-paper.

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Watermarks

OK, I haven’t been very active with film lately and the few undeveloped rolls sitting in the black plastic bag for 6 months can tell that. For an average bw film that is not really a big deal, but it seams the Shanghai GP3 does not really like to expose his latent images to the protective layer-paper.

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Watermarks

For a while I was thinking the Mamiya is a “tripod only” medium format camera only. As with any other cameras it depends mainly from your lens and shutter speed

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Mamiya ZD handheld vs. tripod and mirror lockup

For a while I was thinking the Mamiya is a “tripod only” medium format camera only. As with any other cameras it depends mainly from your lens and shutter speed.

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Mamiya ZD handheld vs. tripod and mirror lockup

Once you made one footstep in the internet, it will stay like the steps by Armstrong on the moon. I am surprised out of which context I get sometimes requests for images or where I find them, even I dont post millions of pics. Just check out this one at this one at ac “associated content” ( link ).

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Trails in the web

Once you made one footstep in the internet, it will stay like the steps by Armstrong on the moon. I am surprised out of which context I get sometimes requests for images or where I find them, even I dont post millions of pics. Just check out this one at this one at ac “associated content” ( link )

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Trails in the web

There has not been activity here lately, true ! This shall not be a sign this blog is dead. But the last 2 months I have been rather busy with work and the cameras look sadly out of the dry-cabinet. There is even a couple of undeveloped films waiting to go to the lab

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Quiet Times

There has not been activity here lately, true ! This shall not be a sign this blog is dead.

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Quiet Times

You still know what this is ?

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You still know what this is ? Yes, red/cyan glasses for viewing 3D stuff. I remember my father having a book 30 years back with theses images

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Not sure if it is fair or if it even make sense to compare this 2 panoramic gears.

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Compare Novoflex and Panamatic

Not sure if it is fair or if it even make sense to compare this 2 panoramic gears. Novoflex Panoramaplate Price: 99.- Euro Weight: 165 gr www.novoflex.de This sturdy german product made of metal allows you to very! smoothly turn with light- and heavyweight cameras. It has no stops but a scale from 0 to 360 degree in steps of 10

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Compare Novoflex and Panamatic

A short visit and 171.20 SGD later the skilled EPSON engineer identified heavy clogging and a power clean (which stingy user avoid because plenty of ink goes into the maintenance tank) solved my problem.

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EPSON 4800 Saga Part 3

A short visit and 171.20 SGD later the skilled EPSON engineer identified heavy clogging and a power clean (which stingy user avoid because plenty of ink goes into the maintenance tank) solved my problem. Maybe the most expensive cleaning I did so far

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EPSON 4800 Saga Part 3

Other than previous experience with service centers, EPSON’s hotline attended the call and in less than a minute I was talking to the supervisor taking care of the large format printer support. Since a customer can’t carry a printer this size to the service center, they come to your place. Of course, not for free, but within 24 hours I had a quotation for this onsite service.

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EPSON 4800 Saga Part 2

Other than previous experience with service centers, EPSON’s hotline attended the call and in less than a minute I was talking to the supervisor taking care of the large format printer support. Since a customer can’t carry a printer this size to the service center, they come to your place. Of course, not for free, but within 24 hours I had a quotation for this onsite service

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EPSON 4800 Saga Part 2

Has been a long time since my last entry here. A couple of oversea trips and busy with lots of projects

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Printing Trouble with the EPSON 4800

Has been a long time since my last entry here. A couple of oversea trips and busy with lots of projects. Anyway we shall continue here

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Printing Trouble with the EPSON 4800

Not sure if you really require a manual for this lens, but anyway, at least it explains the hidden built-in filter for color and bw photography.

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Manual Mamiya Sekor ULD C24mm f4

Not sure if you really require a manual for this lens, but anyway, at least it explains the hidden built-in filter for color and bw photography.

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Manual Mamiya Sekor ULD C24mm f4

The Mamiya ZD keeps on running and finally a new fisheye lens is added to the collection. Currently Mamiya offers the Mamiya Sekor AF 28mm f/4.5 D Aspherical ( link ) which comes with a hefty price tag of about 5000 U$ ( link , coming close to the price of the back itself!). I cant judge the lens, because I cant get my hands on it without selling all my other lenses upfront, but I assume that it is for sure a wonderful piece of glass like most of the other Mamiya lenses

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Shootout Mamiya ULD C 24mm vs. Arsat (Zodiak) 30mm

The Mamiya ZD keeps on running and finally a new fisheye lens is added to the collection. Currently Mamiya offers the Mamiya Sekor AF 28mm f/4.5 D Aspherical ( link ) which comes with a hefty price tag of about 5000 U$ ( link , coming close to the price of the back itself!). I cant judge the lens, because I cant get my hands on it without selling all my other lenses upfront, but I assume that it is for sure a wonderful piece of glass like most of the other Mamiya lenses.

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Shootout Mamiya ULD C 24mm vs. Arsat (Zodiak) 30mm

I am hunting for a panorama plate, a little plate mounted between tripod and head (the head is rather optional) that rotates smoothly and has little x degree markings. For any non VR panoramas that is good enough and you dont need to rotate exactly over the nodal point, if you shoot with a tele lens, eg.

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Panorama Plate

I am hunting for a panorama plate, a little plate mounted between tripod and head (the head is rather optional) that rotates smoothly and has little x degree markings. For any non VR panoramas that is good enough and you dont need to rotate exactly over the nodal point, if you shoot with a tele lens, eg. 100mm lens.

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Panorama Plate

Searching for a forum revealed none, so I started a new Yahoo techgroup for anything about the Mamiya ZD. Join at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/themamiyazd .

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Mamiya ZD Forum

Searching for a forum revealed none, so I started a new Yahoo techgroup for anything about the Mamiya ZD. Join at http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/themamiyazd .

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Mamiya ZD Forum