Pen-o-rama

[mfogiel]

I got myself a very handsome Pen FT with a FV prism and beautiful black finish from "digitalintrigue".
The idea right from the start, has been to use this camera as a multi pano tool.
My first attempt has not been 100% succesful, but not so bad either. I have used a Nikon adapter and the 25/2.8 Zeiss Distagon ZF, but it looks like the infinity could be not aligned properly - have to check on this. Also, the viewfinder shows much less than what ends up on film, so it has turned out, that my 30 Deg shift is insufficient - will try 35 Degrees next time.

Here are a couple of shots from my back yard...

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2432/3723060284_b39db0e9d1_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3511/3723060882_668e021f49_b.jpg

[lZr]

Beautiful. Like looking trough the window.

[fbf]

How is the finder? comparing to leica M and ZI ?
Thank you.

[mfogiel]

fbf
The Pen FT is a SLR... once you convert the internal prism to the full mirror one, it is comparable to my Nikon FM3A.

[John Hermanson]

So, you replaced the semi-silvered internal mirror with the fV mirror? Interesting, would make the finder brighter (though it does disable the meter). John

[mfogiel]

John
Digitalintrigue is doing these jobs, and he also paints the cameras... BTW, I have a silver Pen FT too many which would be a good candidate for this modification if you are interested....

[digitalintrigue]

Marek, nice backyard! One day I'd love to visit Monaco during the F1 weekend.

Replacing the mirror resulted in a 2 stop improvement in brightness compared to another FT, although many FTs have degraded mirrors so the improvement can be more like 3 or 4 stops. Since a lot of FT meters are dead anyway it's a nice upgrade.

[Disaster_Area]

I got a Pen F repainted black with white lettering from Digitalintrigue a while ago and I absolutely love it. You really couldn't tell the camera didn't come out of the factory like that.

[Tom A]

Great "pano's". I have to load up some of my 1/2 frames and try something like this. I also like the quality of the Rollei Retro. Don't know if I can get it here in Vancouver.
My venerable Konica Autoreflex on a tripod should do it. Heavy though.

[Sonnar2]

Not bad but one needs a tripod and a LF scanner.

[sockeyed]

Tom - I think that I've seen the Rollei Retro at Beau Photo.