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Originally posted by europanorama
Be very careful when cocking shutter. dont make a mistake.I could test it at photokina. but didnt have enough time. couldnt get a reasonable result. be aware: below 5m-like with widelux 1500-resolution will decrease. Met a friend in youth hostel who told me when he has seen it at the stand camera broke. i can understand. its slow photography. slowly cock the shutter and mount film the right way.
price still around 2300 euro.
If then i would be interested in Pan 120.
these mechanic rotapancams have ONE decisive advantage infront of NOBLEX: when its windy Noblex cannot rotate. or only with uneven rotation. Had both in helicopter.
i know why there is no 1/250. all mechanical rotapan-cams have a problem during start.even if film is shorter that 120mm. some millimeter are overexposed.
would like to know how exactly is filmsize. and we would like to se a comparision shot maybe of a house with and without shift(7mm).
use a cable-release. and tripod. and focussing must be done properly. i could provide DOF-table. if lens has same CoC(sharpness) like Widelux 1500. Z= 1/48. i added marker inbetween distance-scale.
if somone could write my handwritten data into a table.
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1. there has never been a horizon 205, fact.
2. size of film is not 6 x12
3. reason why not quicker than 1/60 is the old widelux/widepanproblem with overexposure at start. we tried to improve on my w1500 but overexposure only moved a bit to the left, start of 50 x 122mm. all details in my forum: new domain rotapancams.net
NEVER EVER THINK ABOUT BUYING widelux 1500. bad surprises are waiting. wrong design and production from 3rd parties. also second one -replacemtn by panon: crap. spend 5800 usd for crapcam. spent another 2000 chf for overhaul. it was my repairman who found out what was wrong.i made DOF-table.found a similar one discussing COC. its really 1/48, i compared universal DOF table with mine. COC if not defined by producer is individual, depending what is critical sharpness from A to B.
4. dont expect sharp images below 5m.also not on 205 PC and PAN 120(Manfrottos Export Model looking totally different).
for W1500 closeup lens was made, never saw results. for widepan 140(2 different models) closeup lenses were made seen on ebay.!Noblex seem to have solved that problem maybe due to smaller slit or different optic. who knows? i used first model nr, 19 with closeup lens resulting in very sharp images. noblex has better coating. better in difficult light. lens needs slit-sunshade. made for both. same on Roundshot 65/70/220.on noblex uv-filter with slit-tape. on other slitted cap on roundshot covered with velvet.
maybe i will replace that with musou velvet= darket black see also its paint.
due to long FL of 50mm these cam are not easy to focus or taking decision what distance to set. true for nearer distances. i added inbetween markers e.g. in DOF table named. 3.1- 3.2. so we had 3 ' ' 5 etc.
thats why i had troubles getting sharp images in narrow photokina space aroun KMZ-stand. at least i got berlebach tripod.
mechanical rotapancams have big advantage over noblex. under windy conditions better for gettin electronic noblex altogether.
only 3 exposure times is a bit mess on these. doublexposures impossible camera will shake/move when cocking. one must attach/change ND-filters. someone made magnetic filter sistem for widelux 1500. Dont buy for shooting. lens is misaligned.one side unsharp!!!!!!and terrible banding nit light leaks.
read elsewhere maybe photrio about details or in rotapancams.net if you register.also noblex prototypes offered for high prices.
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