To continue with the grind-o-ramas, I present one Canon F1 based panoramic camera. The information was taken from a long concluded Ebay auction and I thank the seller for using the pics.
Magnorama
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Saturday, April 15, 2023
A Canon F1 based panoramic grind-o-rama camera
Grind-o-Ramas by Olivier Alonzo
In Grind-o-Rama panoramic conversions, the film gate of a SLR/rangefinder is grinded off, thereby generating a longer film path to accommodate a panoramic exposure
Recently Olivier Alonzo shared his collections of handmade panoramic cameras. Part of the collection consist of Canon 7 rangefinder derived and Wirgin Stereo camera based panoramic camera with coupled rangefinder !!!!
For this Canon 7 body, the lens mated was a Bronica 50mm. Whereas for the Wigin, a Super Angulon 47 mm (also a Mamiya Press 50mm in another construction) has been used with rangefinder coupling, generating stunning sharp 24x92 exposures.
There are also other examples of Mamiya TLR lens based panoramic cameras.
A fantastic 6x12 swing-lens panoramic camera by Simon Lund
Handmade swing-lens cameras are exceedingly rare because of the difficulties in construction. I have managed to cover only 3-4 of them before. Some months ago Simon Lund shared his story of making a 6x12 swing-lens panoramic camera and some examples of some very artistic and sharp panoramic exposures made by him.
I thank Simon Lund very much for this information. You can view his photographic website at simonlund.com and particularly the panoramic photographs from this link
Saturday, April 16, 2022
The panoramic stereo camera by Manfred Graumann
Again a masterpiece by Manfred Graumann. I've written about many cameras built by Manfred Graumann in the past. Over the years, his website went defunct and the archived website missed many important information including information on this camera. I recently found this camera in one auction site and want to share with you.
The camera was built over a Meopta copying apparatus , the same thing which "razzledog" used to build his pano cam.
The IPAN panoramic camera by Michael Lawton
The first of the two short posts of today. I've written about the Michael Lawton made panoramic camera before in my blog. The IPAN has become exceedingly rare to be found in common auction sites. However, recently I found one and want to share the pics with you. Check particularly the price tag !!!!!
Sunday, April 10, 2022
Chinese(?) made 6x17
The link for this camera was sitting in my bookmarks since 2011 and I overlooked it somehow. Looks like this is made by somebody from China with some very useful features incorporated like a dark slide. I'm providing the link to the archived web site where you can find the details.
Note that if you follow the link where it came from originally, you may land up on some very nice innovations from China , like this medium format example.
Swiss made 6x12s
These two handmade 6x12 cameras were brought to my notice about a year back by the builder himself. They are made by a person from Switzerland. Very elegant in design and of superior craftsmanship , one is a fused body 6x12 and the other being bellows focused with a 6x12 back.
I'm providing the links below, where you can find a lot of details about their construction.