5 Comments

  1. mackiechartres
    mackiechartres ·

    Hi Paul, beautiful first pic with the Malefic Cam. I never heard about this cam before seeing this. I just checked thz Malefic website. What are your feelings about it?

  2. clickiemcpete
    clickiemcpete ·

    I love panoramas! Hoping to get back to making some 6 x12s and 6x17s this spring.

  3. paulmgarger
    paulmgarger ·

    @clickiemcpete Hello. Yes, I share your love for those wide images that can bring so much into view. Thanks for viewing and commenting!

  4. paulmgarger
    paulmgarger ·

    @mackiechartres Hello, Mackiechartres. I have had a great love of panoramas and have considered investing in a Linhof or Fuji but held off due to the price. I noticed a few folks posting images on flickr using Malefic cameras and looked into their website. They only periodically during the year take orders for their cameras. They build the camera, 3D "print" or manufacture it, based on the large format lens you are going to use. It took well over 6 months before I received the camera. The camera is plastic and very light weight, and almost too light weight. I have had some issues with winding the film, the film is loaded from the top of the camera and is not easily loaded, for some reason it is tearing the paper backing when winding the beginning of the rolls. Am working around these issues, and am thus far pleased with the negatives I am getting. I am still looking for a bargain on Linhof or Fuji 617's. Looking back I would again buy this camera, but there are issues.
    Hope that helps.

  5. mackiechartres
    mackiechartres ·

    Thank you @paulmgarger for your report. I am fascinated by the idea of passionate artisans buiding and selling cameras by batches or for custom orders. And the newbie in me is always looking forward to learning about techniques and devices like this. But first I will have to study seriously the 120 film format, starting with a cheap TLR camera for beginners (a Semflex from the sixties), and of course a Holga. I'll keep following your photos 😎📷👍

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