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Depth of Field Adapter on Steroids

Started 8 months ago | Discussions thread
Bosun Higgs Regular Member • Posts: 209
Re: Depth of Field Adapter on Steroids
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Apart from immediately wanting one of these, my next thought was "hmm, zero portability".

I'm wondering if the rigid body could be replaced by two banquet cameras mounted back to back. The cameras collapse flat and their bellows and focusing racks would do everything needed with little modification. They went up to 12"x20" and I'm pretty sure their extensions would cover the range used in the video. They would also be adaptable to suit different lenses (fresnel limitations allowing).

I've seen these cameras go for a couple of hundred each, so we're in the same ballpark, you'd just have to take out the ground glass and kludge in the fresnels and imager/diffuser layer.

They're usually solid Mahogany and brass, so they would look nicer, sort of a steampunk version of the camera in the video. I'm not sure how they'd compare weight-wise, but with the collapsible bellows, they'd be much more portable......... if you can call 12"x20" portable, that is.

It's a shame those fresnels would probably rule out using the movements, imagine being able to manipulate that thin DOF!

And, no darkslide bag to lug about!

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