Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/10

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Subject: Re: OT Re: [Leica] Littman 4x5 single (the Texas Leica)
From: Mike Durling <durling@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 22:31:20 -0500
References: <20021209221130.66432.qmail@web10706.mail.yahoo.com> <p05100302ba1b23b960e3@[209.53.32.55]> <3DF68ED3.60804@cox.net> <013701c2a0b7$e1153d00$6401a8c0@banzai>

I get tempted by things like this myself sometimes.  In reality there is 
nothing that I would do with it that I couldn't accomplish with the 
Leica and 15mm C/V.  Of course excepting maybe using a big neg for 
contact prints.  Hmmm....

Mike D

Pat Perez wrote:
> Curse you, Mike, for showing me the Hobo site.
> 
> I suspect it will fall into my possession in 2003.
> 
> Maybe I'll sell the Veriwide (but then I'd just feel compelled to buy a 43mm
> lens for my Mamiya)
> 
> 
> Pat
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Durling" <durling@cox.net>
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 5:03 PM
> Subject: Re: OT Re: [Leica] Littman 4x5 single (the Texas Leica)
> 
> 
> 
>>Well, if you want a really big wide-angle camera then the hobo
>>http://www.bostick-sullivan.com/Hobo/welcome.htm is the way to go!
>>
>>Mike D
>>
>>Henning Wulff wrote:
>>
>>>At 2:11 PM -0800 12/9/02, Pat Perez wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Looks like a fun camera.
>>>>
>>>>But if that is the Texas Leica, then I guess the
>>>>Alaska Leica is the Granview
>>>>
>>>>http://www.granview.com/8x10C.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>And I suppose that makes my Brooks Veriwide the Texas
>>>>Hologon <g>
>>>>
>>>>--- John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> http://www.littman45single.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> On Monday, December 9, 2002, at 11:22 AM, Johnny
>>>>> Deadman wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > > So my Littman 4x5 single finally arrived....
>>>
>>>
>>>As the Veriwide is neither that wide, nor produces LF negs, a better
>>>candidate is probably something like the Cambo DS:
>>>http://www.cambo.com/capages/wideds.html
>>>
>>>I've used a couple of its ancestors for 25 years, with 35mm, 47mm and
>>>65mm lenses. It can be a bit of a scary snapshot camera, but it works
>>
> well.
> 
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Message from Mike Durling <durling@cox.net> (Re: OT Re: [Leica] Littman 4x5 single (the Texas Leica))
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