Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I came close to getting a Mamiya 7II, the camera handles well has a good viewfinder, excellent lenses and 6x7 is a great format. There is a used Fuji GW670 III in my local shop window, and I keep looking at it, as on the scale of things it is pretty cheap and well spoken of - http://www.photographyreview.com/Medium,Format/Fuji,GW-670,III,/PRD_83370_31 07crx.aspx However I want something that will broaden my interest beyond reportage, something that will demand thought, and a tripod, and ..er.. something that will not get used much! like the Pentax 67II. Simon G - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Leeson" <pjleeson@mchsi.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 1:04 PM Subject: [Leica] Re: MF rangefinders (was M6 with studio flash try out) > What do you (and others) think about MF rangefinders such as the Mamiya > 6 or 7. I've bought and sold old Bronica's for the same reason you > describe, and finally admitted that having a meter in the body is the > only way to get many shots. I also considered Fuji (no meter) and > Bronica RF645 (no used ones). I thought the Mamiya 6 would work like a > Leica M7 and would actually get used, then I'll thin out the old > dust-collectors (but just a bit). > Phil > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Simon Greenwood" <mail@simon.gs> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 4:42 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 with studio flash try out > > > > I sold my Hasselblad because I spent more time on the mechanics of > taking a > > picture than the composition itself. Whilst I had rasor sharp trannies > the > > pictures were not in themselves as good as those taken with my contax > tvs. > > > > A comparison of your excellent mac.com picture with the Hasselblad > portraits > > on your own website only confirm this for me. > > > > With the M6 the girls cheerfully alowed you to get in close and > remained > > relaxed because even at their age they realised it was not such a > serious > > shoot, just a bit of fun. I'm willing to bet that you looked a lot > more > > relaxed. > > > > My wife hated it when I got out the Hasselblad and my sister knew that > her > > children would have grown up and had children of their own before I > got the > > light reading, focus..etc.right! > > > > You have convinced me that I do not need to get another medium format > camera > > though naturally enough I will probably buy one, possibly by the end > of the > > month, use it solidly for a week, then put it away and get it out > periodicly > > to clean and admire. > > > > ;.) > > > > Simon G > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Simon Lamb" <simon@sclamb.com> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 1:43 AM > > Subject: [Leica] M6 with studio flash try out > > > > > > > Spurred on by an image I saw a while back created by Mark Rabiner > with his > > > M6 using studio flash, I tried using my M6 with some Multiblitz > flashes at > > > the weekend. Here is a resultant image: > > > > > > http://homepage.mac.com/sclamb/PhotoAlbum8.html > > > > > > I have never really considered using the M6 before but, with the > results > > > that I achieved, especially using the 90mm APO ASPH (which this > image was > > > taken with), I may start using it a lot more. It is certainly > easier to > > > handle that an SLR or the Hasselblad, and the image quality of the > 12"X8" > > > print that I made isn't far short of the quality I get from the > Hasselblad > > > either. > > > > > > Thanks Mark for planting the seed. > > > > > > Simon > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html