Hi All,
I have an obsession with panoramic format and while i would love to shoot 617, i realise that i can't have everything, seeing i have a 67 and K20D and the expense is not justified for another system.
So, i am going to make a panoramic system based on 67 lenses and K20D ( K-mount digital camera) to create the wide format.
Basically it will be an sliding adapter plate which accepts 67 lenses and K20D (or any KMount) where it can slide sideways from one side across to the other until the lens vignettes. There will be a scale where you know where each frame starts and ends. Then in software you can perform a stitch, which should be very easy because it will be a flat plane surface without curvature distortions of a standard digital panoramic.
So the benefit will be a higher def image than which can be created from a K20D in one shot alone. It will also be a flat plane image that in theory should be easy to stitch as all images are flat not curved. The image size is completely variable up to the 70mm wide as per 67 format equiv of 4.4 apsc images at 23mm X 15mm. 70mm allows 4.4 portrait images at up to 65meg pixel at 3:1 ratio.
I need to try and find an old 6x7 and use the lens mount, so if anyone has one they can part with ?
If anyone has any ideas etc they would like to offer, i am listening. I will add some pictures, diagrams etc as time goes on. Seems a perfect combo really, 67 lenses are cheap, and available in a good range and the Kmount gives me plenty of options.
A digital panorama pentax camera.......mmmm
Cheers Neil
Last edited by knumbnutz; 07-07-2009 at 06:49 PM.