Taken with a modified Wide Pic Panorama camera, the same model that I used in week 103 of my 52 film cameras in 52 weeks project:
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This is one of many cheap and cheerful cameras that make panoramic format photos by masking the film plane.
I modified the camera by widening the aperture to the maximum possible, I calculate this makes the lens around f4, compared to the f11 or so it was originally. This has a profound effect on the already poor image quality, the plane of focus (such as it is) seems to be at about 6 feet from the camera, and there is loss of definition across the image. One effect of the wider aperture, given the fixed shutter speed, is that the camera needs dull lighting to avoid over-exposure. That was ideal this week, when we have had almost continuous rain in the UK.
The film was Boots own brand ISO200 (expired 1996), developed at home in the Tetenal C41 kit.
