Sunday, September 28, 2025

Noblex 150U Medium Format Panoramic Camera

The Noblex is a huge and cumbersome camera, but can make gorgeous panoramics. Here's a variety of them:




Monday, September 1, 2025

Smartflex 4x5 with Smartnon 178mm f/2.5 Lens at DragonCon 2025

I decided to make a dedicated post of photos from DragonCon 2025, that I shot using my Smartflex and the Smartnon 178mm lens:









Me with the Smartflex shooting:



Saturday, July 19, 2025

An entire roll of film, double-exposed in camera - Las Vegas, 2025

This is an experiment to see if Blogger will even display this image. This is the largest I can save a jpeg.

This roll of film was first exposed in my Hasselblad XPan at the Neon Museum in Las Vegas, then reloaded into a Nikon FE and shot again, this time all up and down the main strip on Las Vegas Boulevard. Here's the result, in complete, but it kind of breaks the website. For best results, open the image in a new window (not the link, Blogger breaks if you do that):




And, here's the image again but edited to fit in a standard 8x10 frame size, with 8 strips of about 6 35mm frames each:



Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Smartflex 4x5 Large Format SLR with Smartnon 178mm f/2.5 Lens

I was one of the first Kickstarters for this camera produced by a pair of dedicated photographers in China/Japan. Here's some photos from it:






Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Voigtlander 50mm f/1.1 Nokton Lens for Leica M-Mount

I can't resist a fast-aperture lens. This is the fastest lens I have for my Leica system, and I enjoy using it wide-open whenever I can, as long as I can nail the focus. Here's a few images:




Sunday, March 30, 2025

Schneider 150mm f/5.6 APO Symmar 4x5 Lens

This lens was the first lens I ever got for 4x5, and I continue to use it regularly. Here's some images with it:





Noblex 150U Medium Format Panoramic Camera

The Noblex is a huge and cumbersome camera, but can make gorgeous panoramics. Here's a variety of them: