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How does the Xpan get such a broad image? They only use 30mm, 45mm and 90mm lenses. I could not find the info about the construction of the camera.


Has it to do with the distance between lens and film plane? The lenses seem the same as normal lenses, a Nikon 30mm also was used.


I wish there was a true digital panorama camera. I know there are ways to produce a panoramic image, but the problem is you cannot see the whole image until you have stitched it together on your computer. With the analog panoramic cameras, you could see the whole image through the viewfinder. That was a lot easier to compose an images.


Too bad there is no curved panoramic back for my Noblex .


Kind regards,

Reinier

If the XPAN makes twice as wide negatives in panorama mode compared to normal 35mm size, the 30mm lens will give about as wide a view as 15mm on 35mm format, the 45mm lens like a 22mm lens, and the 90mm lens like a 45mm lens on 35mm.

 

The lenses obviously need to provide a big enough image circle.

 

You can easily make panorama photos as wide as you can with the XPAN, use a 15mm lens on FF.. With FF you can even go to 11mm nowadays...