When I first got back into panorama photography in a serious way in the mid-90?s with the Noblex, I was not prepared for the fact that the ^&(&^*%^&$%&%$^#% things broke down all the time. They were made in Dresden, which once upon a time was in East Germany, where the work ethic is not as strong as it was in the West. It was made in the same factory as my first camera, a Praktica fX. Imagine packing up your cameras and etc, to fly to Scotland, Mojave Desert, Death Valley, Nevada Test Site, White Sands Missile Range, Tombstone, and other spots only to have the motherfecking Noblex crap out. In the early years I had 13 of them break down on location. So yeah, in response to your queries, I traveled with two Noblexes, one XPan, one Horseman 6x17cm, and sometimes a Canon 5D. The iPhone is not an option in my work, as no iPhone ever made a file which could be blown up to a 108x194? mural. On Jan 1, 2014, at 2:09 PM, Bob wrote:
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