Adaptable medium format film camera changes sizes mid-roll

The VZ-6617 medium format digicam, at the moment on Kickstarter, is a well timed shortcut for the photographer wanting to experiment with a spread of codecs for his or her panorama/scenic photographs however hampered by the economics and restrictions of taking pictures one dimension at a time.

The designers Exposing Engineering, a agency with over 20 years of business design and product experience within the digicam business, have saved the VZ-6617 comparatively cheap and upgradable through the use of 3D-printing know-how for its manufacturing.

Historically, medium format digicam body sizes have ranged from 6×6, 6×7, 6×9 to 6×17, however that meant being locked into one body dimension, with restricted flexibility in topic, location and composition … and no room to experiment.

Ordinarily, if a photographer needed to shot each 6×6 and 6×17-sized frames they must carry two separate digicam our bodies. Nonetheless, with the VZ-6617 Variable Zone Movie Gate, which is a 3D-printed masking information, the photographer is ready to swap body sizes inside a single digicam physique and halfway in the identical roll of 120mm movie.

There are body masks available on the market designed for a number of body sizes in different cameras, however these are restricted to a set variety of sizes, plus the adjustment is chosen earlier than a roll of movie is uncovered or afterwards. The VZ-6617 masking information, then again, is self-contained within the digicam physique, so the photographer is ready to change body dimension in-camera and mid-roll easily with out want of eradicating movie backs or putting in separate masks plates or inserts.

Exposing Engineering

With the VZ-6617 lens cone, a magnetically sealed darkish slide equipment made partly of 3D-printed plastic and metal pins/ball bearings, the person is ready to swap not simply the body dimension mid-roll however the lens additionally.

Key options

• Dimensions: 290 mm W x 120 mm H x 70 mm D (physique solely)
• Weight: 925 g (2 lb) physique solely, 1.85 kg (4 lb) with a Fujinon-SW 90mm f/8 lens
• Machined brass focusing helicoid with printed scale for zone focusing
• A number of bubble ranges to maintain your composition and horizon aligned
• A number of chilly footwear for equipment like an optical viewfinder, a telephone mount for app-based viewfinders, laser rangefinders, mild meters, flashes, and extra
• Magnetically connected cable launch that docks to the digicam grip for ergonomics and lengthy publicity flexibility
• Totally detachable again for modular equipment, together with a floor glass attachment
• Protecting lens cage constructed into each lens cone to guard your lens from unintended injury
• Mounting factors for future modular equipment, together with a 150-mm x 100-mm rectangular filter holder

Uncovered Engineering has purposely designed the VZ-6617 digicam to permit the person to simply restore and adapt the core digicam items as desired by means of modular meeting that doesn’t require specialised instruments – solely a single screwdriver is required to entry the fasteners. The corporate plans on releasing spare restore parts and video guides within the close to future for aftermarket service help.

Exposing Engineering

If the VZ-6617 actually turns your crank, for a US$549 Kickstarter pledge a fully-assembled digicam physique and lens cone appropriate with a 90mm focal size lens of both the Schneider Kreuznach Tremendous Angolan f/8, Nikon, Nikkor-SW f/8 or Rodenstock Grandagon f/6.8 selection could be yours – assuming all the things goes in response to plan. The digicam physique comes with all of the necessities for movie loading/unloading, movie transport and body dimension adjustment.

Supply is anticipated in August.

Sources: Kickstarter, Exposing Engineering