In a message dated 4/10/05 9:34:00 PM, twade@bmi.net writes:
Dean,
Now, if one could rig up the Pentax 35 F/4.5 fisheye to use 4x5 and
still keep the film flat, it would produce and awesome sight (i.e.
3.7" circle). However, one would have to be stop the lens down to
at least F/5.6 or F/8.0 to remove most of the aberrations. Perhaps,
I can get to it after I win the lottery.:-)
Wade
Wade:
It's been done.
There is a guy that used to go to the Texas Star Party with Jason Ware named Levy who used two modified Graflex 4x5 cameras that had the 35mm Pentax Takumer Fish-Eye lenses mounted on them.
He had them mounted tandem on a Losmandy GM100 (or G11??) with a pier extension to place the cameras "above the crowd and red flashlights". He pointed them straight up but slightly east tracking until slightly west. He would process and make 20x24 prints in his Airstream trailer and sell them in the vendor building. They were very striking images.
Kent Kirkley
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