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Panoramic Images
Project Type
Photography
Date
April 2023
I love the panoramic image format and am enjoying getting to know how to get the best from this 100-year-old technology. Used to wonderful effect by the great Czech photographer Josef Sudek in the 1950s for his series of Prague city and its surroundings. I have long admired Sudek’s still life work and have been inspired to try this panoramic format.
In this camera the lens swings across the view and projects the image through a rectangular aperture onto a curved film surface (125mm radius).
The effective shutter speeds available are approx 1/50 and 1/100s
The lens is f6.8 and can have stops inserted for f16 f22 and f32.
A yellow filter is used to reduce the blues and tame the skies.
Each frame is 12 inches by 4 inches on single sheets of orthochromatic AGFA X-ray film (ISO100). Stand developed in X-ray film developer diluted from usual strength 1:5.
I make contact prints from the negatives onto vintage paper to achieve the aged look I am after.
