saxtim

I've had a panoramic head for a while now, but asides from some test shots I've never actually used it in the field until the other day.  I didn't even bring it over to NZ with me originally (I got my parents to mail it across for me last week.)  It is a cheap ABS and aluminum head, not one of the expensive Manfrottos or RRS heads.  When I bought it I wanted to try out some stitching without investing a lot of money. My theory was that I could phase out the 6x17 stuff I was shooting and replace that with digital.  I don't see stitching as a viable solution for replacing 4x5 (I like the movements of my 4x5 camera, and having to shoot several

Well it's probably been nearly  a year since I uploaded any material.  I went through the South Island of New Zealand again last year in September/October on my honey moon.  My wife and I moved from Melbourne, Aus to Hokitika on the West Coast of the South Island of NZ in Jan this year.  I've got a back log of images to put up including many from my trip to NZ in Sept/Oct last year.  I didn't scan all the film before I left Melbourne, and I haven't brought my scanner over here so I've been experimenting with photographing my film whilst on the light box - it looks pretty good for web display.  I'm actually planning on buying a new scanner thi

I haven't had that much time to go out and photo stuff in the last few months, but I did get a chance to make some images over november which I'm starting to post now. I've just finished another 6x17 camera, and updated design on my first one (as seen here - http://saxtim.deviantart.com/journal/10751923/), so you'll see some of the results of the new camera in the next few days. I'm currently drawing up for yet another 6x17 camera (which will combine features of the two I've already built - hopefully it will have the best features of both).  I'm also planning on building an 8x10 over the summer. Hopefully I'll get a chance to take some mor