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Paul Mcmulin Architectural Photographer - part 2 of 1 2 3 4

Published 01/03/2003

The Fuji Panorama GX617 has a film format of 6cm by 17cm giving 4 frames on a 120-film format. The lenses available are 90mm (89° Angle of View), 105mm (80.3°), 180mm (52.4°), and 300mm (32.8°). The apertures range from f/5.6 at the wide end to f/8 for the telephoto.

The Copal shutters are built into each lens and have speeds from 1-1/500th second. Although the camera is quite large, it is as straightforward to use as any roll film camera. The transparencies can be scanned in-house on an Imacon Precision II, which has a special film adaptor for the Fuji Format.

He manages quite well using the 105mm and a recently acquired 300mm.

Paul's preferred film stocks are Fuji NPS 160 and NPH 400, which he will often rate up to 800ASA for negative, and Fuji Provia F for transparency. When working with 5x4 transparency (Fuji Quickload) he will take two shots and sometimes more if he feels the view is justified and process one so that adjustments of plus or minus a third of a stop can be made if required for the processing of the subsequent sheets.

He will also often Polaroid the view using the type 100 B/W sheets just to be doubly sure. His adage is "film is the cheapest commodity on a job when you take everything else into consideration so why compromise the commission and your time by worrying about the cost of a sheet of film"

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