Fuji GX 680 View custom made 36 to 200 MP Tilt shit camera.
So I\'ve been tinkering with this for a while and now just have an days work in the machine shop.
Here is the prototype.
So the camera is built out of two front standards taken off two Fuji gx680 camera bodies and the camera rails.
Fuji gx680 lenses with very large image circles and capture will done using a Nikon D800 camera.
Camera will have interchangable backs. One for the Nikon mount and another with a focusing screen for composition only. Focusing will be done using the Nikon\'s Live View
Both front and rear standards have tilt shift in both directions as well as fine focusing.
Using only rear shift for stitching 4 frames will achieve a 100MP campture.
Using Rear shift and only lateral front shift will achieve about a 200MP capture.
Using front shift can only be done for relatively distant landscapes.
With a 125mm lens I will be able to get about 1:1 macro too.
Nice thing is that the camera will be far more compact than my 4x5 and 8x10 cameras
Widest wide angle will be about the equivalent of a 20mm wide angle. (unfortunately) the 50mm Fuji gx680 lens
does not have the full shift range of the 65-500mm GX680 lenses.
What is really nice is that the D800 sensor has an anti alias filter so even the 200MP captures will have minimal or no color aliasing artifacts, unlike my MFD backs had, not to mention far more resolution.
Obviously subject matter will be limited to what can be shot with stitching, but will be far more simple than using a gigapan robotic stitching head, especially when it comes to post.
So fundamentally it will be limited to still life subjects when used with stitching.
I could also make a back to mount a medium format digital back on this, but I\'m not interested in doing that
at this point because the D800 has more dynamic range than MFD backs. The new IQ2 series are about the same, but I would also be dealing with shitty live view that is a real pain to use in most lighting conditions.
Also faster frame rate of the D800 will make it easier to shoot high dynamic range bracketing..
So I\'ve been tinkering with this for a while and now just have an days work in the machine shop.
Here is the prototype.
So the camera is built out of two front standards taken off two Fuji gx680 camera bodies and the camera rails.
Fuji gx680 lenses with very large image circles and capture will done using a Nikon D800 camera.
Camera will have interchangable backs. One for the Nikon mount and another with a focusing screen for composition only. Focusing will be done using the Nikon\'s Live View
Both front and rear standards have tilt shift in both directions as well as fine focusing.
Using only rear shift for stitching 4 frames will achieve a 100MP campture.
Using Rear shift and only lateral front shift will achieve about a 200MP capture.
Using front shift can only be done for relatively distant landscapes.
With a 125mm lens I will be able to get about 1:1 macro too.
Nice thing is that the camera will be far more compact than my 4x5 and 8x10 cameras
Widest wide angle will be about the equivalent of a 20mm wide angle. (unfortunately) the 50mm Fuji gx680 lens
does not have the full shift range of the 65-500mm GX680 lenses.
What is really nice is that the D800 sensor has an anti alias filter so even the 200MP captures will have minimal or no color aliasing artifacts, unlike my MFD backs had, not to mention far more resolution.
Obviously subject matter will be limited to what can be shot with stitching, but will be far more simple than using a gigapan robotic stitching head, especially when it comes to post.
So fundamentally it will be limited to still life subjects when used with stitching.
I could also make a back to mount a medium format digital back on this, but I\'m not interested in doing that
at this point because the D800 has more dynamic range than MFD backs. The new IQ2 series are about the same, but I would also be dealing with shitty live view that is a real pain to use in most lighting conditions.
Also faster frame rate of the D800 will make it easier to shoot high dynamic range bracketing..
So I\'ve been tinkering with this for a while and now just have an days work in the machine shop.
Here is the prototype.
So the camera is built out of two front standards taken off two Fuji gx680 camera bodies and the camera rails.
Fuji gx680 lenses with very large image circles and capture will done using a Nikon D800 camera.
Camera will have interchangable backs. One for the Nikon mount and another with a focusing screen for composition only. Focusing will be done using the Nikon\'s Live View
Both front and rear standards have tilt shift in both directions as well as fine focusing.
Using only rear shift for stitching 4 frames will achieve a 100MP campture.
Using Rear shift and only lateral front shift will achieve about a 200MP capture.
Using front shift can only be done for relatively distant landscapes.
With a 125mm lens I will be able to get about 1:1 macro too.
Nice thing is that the camera will be far more compact than my 4x5 and 8x10 cameras
Widest wide angle will be about the equivalent of a 20mm wide angle. (unfortunately) the 50mm Fuji gx680 lens
does not have the full shift range of the 65-500mm GX680 lenses.
What is really nice is that the D800 sensor has an anti alias filter so even the 200MP captures will have minimal or no color aliasing artifacts, unlike my MFD backs had, not to mention far more resolution.
Obviously subject matter will be limited to what can be shot with stitching, but will be far more simple than using a gigapan robotic stitching head, especially when it comes to post.
So fundamentally it will be limited to still life subjects when used with stitching.
I could also make a back to mount a medium format digital back on this, but I\'m not interested in doing that
at this point because the D800 has more dynamic range than MFD backs. The new IQ2 series are about the same, but I would also be dealing with shitty live view that is a real pain to use in most lighting conditions.
Also faster frame rate of the D800 will make it easier to shoot high dynamic range sets..
Jul 07, 2013 at 03:59 PM
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