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Get in the Swing of Things – The Panorama on Film

July 18, 2013 By Sanjay Suchak

The debut of our new Gear Talk feature. What to see something featured in Gear Talk? Tell us in the comments!

Panoramic photographs: Ask most people how to make one, and they’ll say you splice several digital shots together in Photoshop, or, if your camera allows, use a built-in digital stitch and sweep the scene. But as with most things digital there was first an analog solution. Enter the swing-lens panoramic camera, a camera I’ve found to be an indispensable tool.

"Drag the Monument" by Sanjay Suchak
“Drag the Monument” by Sanjay Suchak

If a swing-lens camera has you scratching your head, you’re not alone. A more obscure camera, it was mainly used for landscapes and group portraits before the digital revolution came along and displays started needing higher resolution than a cropped 35mm frame. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Talk Tagged With: camera, film, gear, panorama, panoramic

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