Posted by
Jeffrey (Scottsdale, United States) on 27 March 2022 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.

Location: Scottsdale, AZ

Not only am I experimenting with photographing using the panoramic, 65:24, Hasselblad "XPan" format, I'm now experimenting with doing so while using the legendary Zeiss 38 mm / f4.5 Biogon lens as well.

This lens is nearly 60 years old and was, among other applications, used by Hasselblad for its ultra wide-angle SWC cameras starting in the late 1950s.

The particular lens I'm using was salvaged from a 60s-era, military-spec, aerial reconnaissance camera and I've owned it for nearly 20 years. At the moment, it's mounted to my camera using rubber bands -- Yes, really! -- but even so, it works very, very well, as the above photo proves (IMO ... YMMV!)

A larger, higher resolution version of the photo can be seen here: https://i.imgur.com/FcENen7.jpg