Andrew, of the YouTube channel Andrew & Danae, has been digging into a few of these and has some great videos on thed subject. There have been a few digital camera bodies that are a little more suited to panoramas along the X Pan lines. To crop down to the X Pan’s aspect ratio, a typical 24 megapixel sensor will only make panoramic images equivalent to about 13 megapixels. Most digital cameras will let you crop this down in-body down to 16:9, but this leaves a lot of megapixels on the table without really coming close to the X Pan’s 2.7:1 aspect ratio. Virtually all modern camera sensors come in a 3:2 or 4:3 aspect ratio. ![]() A Digital XPanĬreating a digital X Pan has had its own challenges. The now immense price of the X Pan has created a genuine market opportunity for creators to invest in systems that justify a still not inexpensive price and a certain degree of kludgeiness in order to get some decent glass in front of a panoramic frame. Some are DIY efforts, like Freeman Lin’s Presspan or Cameradactyl’s Broncopan. Some are just other panoramic cameras that aren’t quite as advanced or expensive as the X Pan, like the swinging Widelux or the Lomo Sprocket Rocket. In response there has popped up a veritable cottage industry of X Pan alternatives. It’s simply surrounded by an incredible amount of hype. ![]() This is not to say that the X Pan is an overrated one. Prohibitively high cost of repair has lead to a dwindling finite supply. The panoramic frame size of 24圆5mm is unique, it has high quality glass, and there’s a certain expectation that comes with the Hasselblad name (even though the X Pan was made by Fujifilm). In the world of film cameras, very few pieces of kit have weathered the perfect storm of factors that has made the Hasselblad X Pan one of the priciest classic cameras.
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