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Poor man's Xpan (and 16:9) images. 01/25/26(Sun)13:50:08 No.4495236
Poor man's Xpan (and 16:9) images. Anonymous 01/25/26(Sun)13:50:08 No.4495236   [Reply]▶
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Since I'm unlikely to ever get any kind of Xpan camera, I thought it might be interesting to post some wide crops from two cheap digicams and a phone (Fuijfilm J20, JX500 and Nokia Lumia 520) taken over the last few years. The JX500 has a scratched lens but nice colours and I think it does OK.

Some of these I've posted before, some I haven't.
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01/25/26(Sun)13:51:00 No.4495237
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01/25/26(Sun)13:53:30 No.4495238
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01/25/26(Sun)13:54:33 No.4495239
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01/25/26(Sun)13:55:37 No.4495241
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01/25/26(Sun)13:56:41 No.4495242
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01/25/26(Sun)13:57:45 No.4495243
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01/25/26(Sun)13:58:48 No.4495244
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01/25/26(Sun)14:01:46 No.4495245
Anonymous 01/25/26(Sun)14:01:46 No.4495245▶
>>4495244
That's it for now. Thanks for looking (and maybe post some of your own).
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01/25/26(Sun)14:22:26 No.4495246
Anonymous 01/25/26(Sun)14:22:26 No.4495246▶
>>4495245
2:1 really is the best aspect ratio but anything noticably wide and letterboxed is just kino
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01/25/26(Sun)15:55:50 No.4495258
Anonymous 01/25/26(Sun)15:55:50 No.4495258▶
>>4495246
I agree. Lately I've been composing for it more and more.
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01/25/26(Sun)17:55:27 No.4495271
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No reason for these to be so wide though
X-Pan is a format only fit for very specific use cases
Otherwise it just looks like you cropped for no particular reason
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01/25/26(Sun)20:03:53 No.4495286
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I stitched this from 3 photos. Otherwise, I usually don't go for the wide/XPAN ratios.
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01/25/26(Sun)20:07:02 No.4495287
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I should try 2:1 more often.
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02/01/26(Sun)19:11:25 No.4496088
Anonymous 02/01/26(Sun)19:11:25 No.4496088▶
Continuing the theme of the Poor man's Xpan I taped the LCD screen of an old Pentax Optio LS1000 to give an Xpan-like view, then cropped later. The 27mm lens is sharp enough in the centre but gets very soft towards the edges.
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02/01/26(Sun)19:12:29 No.4496090
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02/05/26(Thu)12:45:58 No.4496573
Anonymous 02/05/26(Thu)12:45:58 No.4496573▶
Nokia Lumia 520.
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02/05/26(Thu)16:49:26 No.4496589
Anonymous 02/05/26(Thu)16:49:26 No.4496589▶
>>4495287
it's great for if you ever print a book. You can have it go across two pages of a square zine/book
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02/05/26(Thu)16:54:02 No.4496590
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02/05/26(Thu)17:02:18 No.4496591
Anonymous 02/05/26(Thu)17:02:18 No.4496591▶
>>4496590
Nice looking colours.
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02/05/26(Thu)17:36:36 No.4496594
Anonymous 02/05/26(Thu)17:36:36 No.4496594▶
>>4496591
thanks anon! Full moon nights are always so vivid. Lots of good deep greens under the right conditions.
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02/21/26(Sat)17:44:18 No.4498302
Anonymous 02/21/26(Sat)17:44:18 No.4498302▶
Nokia Lumia 520.
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02/21/26(Sat)22:06:18 No.4498318
Anonymous 02/21/26(Sat)22:06:18 No.4498318▶
Another stitch from 3 photos.
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02/22/26(Sun)08:56:29 No.4498342
Anonymous 02/22/26(Sun)08:56:29 No.4498342▶
>>4498318
This is something I'm going to have to try.
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02/22/26(Sun)19:21:22 No.4498378
Anonymous 02/22/26(Sun)19:21:22 No.4498378▶
>>4498342
It's surprisingly fun, and you can capture a large amount of detail (as long as it's a still subject). Be sure to bring a tripod, though. Don't be like me and try to balance a 135mm prime in the wind with no built-in stabilizer.
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Anonymous
03/02/26(Mon)18:23:03 No.4499342
Anonymous 03/02/26(Mon)18:23:03 No.4499342▶
Picked up a 2014 Nokia Lumia 930 with its 20mp camera (and a cracked screen, broken sim port and non-functioning flash) for £5. Fun for some larger resolution 'Xpan' photos.

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