Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/12

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Subject: RE: [Leica] square format Leica?
From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 15:24:48 -0800

Interesting..... if you were to modify a MF camera for Leica lenses, you
would need to provide the same lens mount to film plane distance as a Leica
camera.  AND stuff in a shutter... maybe a shutter in front of the lens?
That would work.  This is done reasonably often for large format users......

Now, the 135 Hektor, 65 Elmar, and I am told several of the Visoflex lenses
will cover 6x6......and THEIR distance from rear of lens to FP is
greater,..... so more practical......

I think it was Kit that said the Hasselblad has a gadget to make the format
square... I think he meant a gadget to make the FP rectangular.. OTOH, there
may be a gadget to limit/cut the FP to 4x4 for 127 sized negs.......

Frank Filippone
red735i@earthlink.net


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