I did enjoy -- the landscape more than the sad lonely pier though, I
confess..
meows to the felines

ann

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Ralf R Radermacher wrote:

Ooh. That second one is niiice!

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I'll play iconoclast and say that I like the photo of the pier better.

I had never heard of 6x17 before, this list is perpetually educational.

Does Blanc Nez mean something like white nose?  Like when people put
sunscreen on when they go to the beach?

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Excellent

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I like both pictures and I’m not at all jealous, oh no, not a bit, that Ralph has/had a 6x17 camera.

Nez does mean nose, but also more generally it means promontory, headland or indeed ness, which has the same origin. It can also mean the bow of a ship.

Had I had an atom of wit I could have gone full Cyrano de Bergerac: it’s a rock! It’s a peak! It’s a cape! What am I saying, a cape? It’s a peninsula!

https://youtu.be/OAXX-tr0gzg?si=pWGmT2ZnjRwcVc2w

Am 11.05.26 um 23:41 schrieb Larry Colen:

For these shots I've used a Gaoersi 617 camera with a Nikkor W 8/90 mm
lens. It takes 4 exposures on a roll of 120 medium format film.

https://murrayfoote.com/2018/09/22/gaoersi-6x17-camera-review-2005/

Sold it when I gave up processing my own films but still think very
fondly of it.

Bob has explained it better than I ever could. A few kilometres further
West, there's Cap Gris Nez... grey nose. Have a look on Google Maps.

Ralf

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Nice.  I always wanted to try a 6x17 camera, or at least an Xpan as a 6x17 presents bigger challenges with scanning.  I did get some good results on a budget using a modified Mamiya RB67 back with 35mm film.  I always found it challenging to compose photos in that format.  I bet the slides look amazing.  There's no substitute for size.

Dave

Am 12.05.26 um 11:33 schrieb David Mann:

Scanning Xpan frames is more difficult, as there are no 35 mm scanners
that scan longer frames. 6x17 can be scanned on a Epson flatbed like the
V700. I'm now using a Epson F-3200, a 'real' film scanner that goes up
to 6 x 20 cm and 4x5 inch.

The greater challenges arise whie taking the picture. 6x17 has all the
drawbacks of large format. You'll have to stop down to f45 in order to
get even exposure into the corners of the frame. That leads to rather
long exposure times, even in bright daylight. I've had motion blur with
river barges...

Night photography at f45 is a constant fight with reciprocal failure in
the corners and the darker parts of the scene and requires at least ISO
400 film.

I've only used negative stock because it is less critical to expose.

Sure is. More size.

Ralf

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