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- From: ka1gt@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (robert.m.atkins)
- Subject: Re: "Panoramic option" for Maxxum 7xi & 9xi
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 18:12:43 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.181243.633@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>
- References: <katan.18.728072115@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca> <1993Jan26.192148.1176@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan26.192148.1176@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>, acs@csri.toronto.edu (Alvin Chia-Hua Shih) writes:
- > In <1993Jan26.214602.23354@news.media.mit.edu> wave@waits.media.mit.edu (Michael B. Johnson) writes:
- >
- > >The "panoramic option" is just a little matte that goes in the back of the
- > >camera, over the shutter. Costs about $30. I have it for my 9xi and have
- > >had a lot of fun with it.
- >
- > The only thing the matte really does is make it obvious to the print
- > machine operator that you want panoramic format. I imagine, if the lab
- > were friendly enough, one could simply say, "Please print frames x, y,
- > and z as panoramas.".
- >
- > Indeed, it should be very easy to say, "Please print the whole roll in
- > panoramic format.", without need for a matte at all. The only problem
- > is composing in the viewfinder. If you have a matte with grid screen,
- > or have an A2/E with the matte focusing screen with panorama lines, it
- > should be easy.
- >
-
- Indeed it should be easy and the phot lab should be able to make such prints,
- but in the real world (from what I have heard) they won't do it. I'm sure
- they have their reasons and maybe there are even good technical reasons why
- it would be difficult (can't think of any off hand). If you, or anyone else
- actually knows of a lab that will make "panoramic" prints from regular 35mm
- negatives then I think it would be of general interest. It's worth checking
- that it can be done before going out and shooting a roll of "panoramas".
- Of course you could always get 8x12 prints made and cut them down if you
- had to.
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- Bob Atkins AT&T Bell Labs email (direct) att!clockwise!rma
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