[LargeFormat] Loan of WA lens?

[Skip Roessel]

I guess you need a 65mm.  But there are two other tricks:
1. Shoot the shoot through a front-surface mirror.  Then the neg or chrome must
be inverted, but if you can score a foot-square mirror you can often pick up
several feet of "shoot through".

2.  If you add a proxar (or better, a corrected lens element) to your 90mm, you
can effectively increase the focal length.  For example, a 90mm with a plus-2
diopter added makes a 77mm focal length.  You still might have trouble in the
corners, though.  Try mounting the proxar behind the rear element, inside the
camera and stop down as much as you can.
Skip NYC
skiproessel@mindspring.com

mark blackman wrote:

> I throw myself at the mercy of the list! Is there anyone UK based who could
> possibly load me a lens, wider than 90mm? There's a particular architectual
> shot I want to take, but I cannot find a vantage point to compose an image
> with existing lenses. I use an Ebony RW45, so would need it mounted in a
> linhof type panel.
>
> Of course I will cover any shipping and insurance costs, and would happily
> pay a reasonably consideration for its loan over a wekend. The widest lens I
> can use is 65mm.
>
> Mark, SE London.
>
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