[HUG] Re: Looking XPan Users

Hi Justin,
 
For me the Xpan is absolutely no gimmick or a JustNiceToHave camera. When I 
could spare the money, I bought a new Xpan II with the 45mm standard lens. 
Within a few weeks later I could get my hands on a hardly used 30mm and since 
that lens is the one I use most. I also have the 90mm to complete the set.
The Xpan is my typical travel camera. I sometimes use it locally, but when I'm 
away on holidays or photo trips, the Grumpler bag with the Xpan is my 
companion. Most of the time I shoot in B&W, mostly on Tmax films. Last trip to 
Ireland the weather was so wonderful that I've used Kodak slidefilm - with very 
pleasant results. 
 
About printing; After some testing with different methods, now I use a home 
made maskset on my Philips PCS130 enlarger. This is a very unique enlarger that 
uses three halogen light sources (red/green/blue), which you can mix stepless 
with an electronic unit. The enlarger uses small and flat (1mm thick) metal 
plates as masks, so I could make a 24x65 mask very easy. The mask is not 
perfect, but good enough to hold the negatives flat and show the complete 
negative. 
I also scan negatives and slides on an Epson V700 Photo scanner. The Epson is 
able to determine the scanning masks itself, but this won't work for Xpan 
negatives. So I have to mask the negatives manually for the best results.
 
Okay... anyone else?
 
Henk Westerhof
NL
 
 

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Van: hasselblad-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx namens Justin F. Knotzke
Verzonden: do 25-10-2007 0:51
Aan: hasselblad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Onderwerp: [HUG] Looking XPan Users



  Hi,

 How many XPan users are there here? How often do you use your XPan camera and 
how useful of a tool is it or did you find that after a while it was a little 
too gimmicky ?

 Oh, and how do you print with it ? 

 Thanks

  J

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Justin F. Knotzke
jknotzke@xxxxxxxxxx
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