Panoramic photography, and
especially the super wide photos produced from panoramiccameras
have always inspired fascination. As in normal human vision,
the rotating shutter slit reproduces the entire extension of landscape,
interior architecture, the gentle curve of a river, incorporating
all that our eyes see before us.
With panoramic photography, dimensions begin to interact and as
a result, heighten their effect on each other. Perspective
lines lead from foreground to the horizon: the castle on the square,
a cluster of trees in a field, the relationship of a river bank
to its surroundings; in essence, the panorama which our eyes see
is duplicated by the camera.
However, what is the magic of these photos that captivates us so?
The feeling of width? An undistorted photographic rendition
of what we have seen? Perhaps simply the chance for the photographer
to both see as well as photograph a true rendition of a scene.
And, unlike "conventional" photography, the ability to
record these scenes without having to discard what the eye truly
sees.
With the appearance of Noblex cameras, photographers began to have
the ability to creatively experiment with various formats, multiple
exposures, and the rise of a lens for help with parallax distortion.
Once thought of as strictly a landscape tool, the Noblex has evolved
into much more than this, bringing us the ability to capture not
only these breathtaking scenics, but portraiture, still life, in
short, anything the eye can see.
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