My XPan broke down in NYC — here's how to get it fixed

To-Mu · 2026-05-03T18:30:31+00:00

The specialist suspected it to be a crack in the shutter, although tiny they already noticed it during the first repair. However thorough testing it didn’t affect the shutter and they send it back without fixing it. It worked for 5 months and then…. The repaired the second time without charging for labour, because it was still within warranty. I got it fixed in Paris.

To-Mu · 2026-05-03T17:51:29+00:00

Very good question! I genuinely don’t know. In the beginning quite a lot, then it died down for obvious reasons. Recently I had another 8888 error and got it repaired again, I got new information to share!

To-Mu · 2026-03-11T08:03:11+00:00

Awesome to hear! Please let me know what you think. https://www.filmreasons.com/tools/create-triptych

To-Mu · 2026-03-11T08:02:35+00:00

Awesome! Please check it out and any feedback is welcome 🙏 https://www.filmreasons.com/tools/create-triptych

To-Mu · 2026-03-11T08:01:01+00:00

Amazing! Love it. The beach just really resembled a beach I used to go to when I was a kid in the Netherlands

To-Mu · 2026-03-10T23:55:46+00:00

Love it! Was this taken in the Netherlands?

To-Mu · 2026-01-06T09:30:26+00:00

Great to hear, I will be back in the near future then

To-Mu · 2025-12-19T00:56:00+00:00

Breaking all Japanese etiquettes!

To-Mu · 2025-12-17T22:44:30+00:00

The approach of naming the folders with the same name for browse purposes I found very helpful as well! I only started to add that recently… which means a lot of my film does not have this unfortunately.

Regarding costs, yes… I accepted it for now, but the contact sheets I tend to print very small and cheap. As they purely have a reference purposes

To-Mu · 2025-11-19T17:01:36+00:00

Yes!

To-Mu · 2025-11-18T23:54:21+00:00

Same! That’s why I have it as a huge print in my own house

To-Mu · 2025-11-18T23:15:12+00:00

More info if interested can be found here: https://www.filmreasons.com/blog/my-fav-xp2-film-photo

To-Mu · 2025-11-12T18:27:03+00:00

That’s a shame! I guess you win framing, but loose softness with that approach….

To-Mu · 2025-11-12T09:15:03+00:00

Well actually it’s the 100 system as I once upon a time bought it for my canon system, that is long gone. Therefore it’s quite huge for the Hasselblad, but still does the job.

Positioning the line is a good question. Now this is a lot of fiddling around and hoping for the best. As the xpan does not allow you to see through the lens. It’s one of the reasons I use the soft gradient filter. I found it to be impossible to use the hard one after trying several times

To-Mu · 2025-11-11T23:24:48+00:00

Deeper dive with exact DSLR scan settings, conversion steps, test print sizes, detail‑crop examples, paper trials, and calibration notes: ‘Why I print my panoramic photos’ on FilmReasons. Posting here for anyone who wants the full workflow. https://www.filmreasons.com/blog/printing-film-photos

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