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August, 2001
American photographerJohn Shephard, who now lives and works in New South Wales, Australia, has added his comments on the Noblex 135U as well as a small portfolio of powerful images created with this camera. These can be foundbelow.
Noblex 135u
Too Little, Too Soon

This camera was my first swing-lens panoramic and I used it for a couple of years in the mid-90's.  At the time my interest in true panoramic photography was limited and though I derived pleasure from its use I didn't always get the type of images that satisfied me.  After a while I realized that what I wanted was wide-format, not necessarily ultra wide angle images.
One day in 1998 while unloading equipment from the trunk of my car the Noblex slipped from my hands and fell onto the road.  It broke and I never bothered to try and repair it. Shortly afterward I bought a usedFuji 617and then a couple of years later when theHasselblad XPancame to market I made it my main panoramic camera...

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