[Leica] Re:M8 sighting now how many retinas equal a busch pressman

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

At 7:38 PM -0500 1/22/08, Walt Johnson wrote:
>Yes, can cerainly see that. A 4x5/5x7 back on an 8x10 camera. 
>Reversing that trend might give less than optimal results, even with 
>Leica glass.  . What was mentioned by Doug included a 35mm lens on a 
>MF camera. Talk about falloff. It would make a 50 year old Summicron 
>look good shooting into the sun.



Nope. No falloff. Most of the older Leica lenses 135mm and longer 
cover 6x6 just fine, with no falloff.

And of course most 'large format' lenses come with no format 
attached. A 120 SW Nikkor makes a fine 4x5 lens with lots of 
movements but will also cover 8x10 with virtually no movements.



Anyway, I'm still lusting after  the C3 carried by Diane Arbus..
>
>Lottermoser George wrote:
>>  As a photographer who grew up in a studio where we had lenses of 
>>many different focal lengths, and cameras of all formats; the whole 
>>format thing never bothered me. We put 4x5 and 5x7 backs on 8x10 
>>cameras. Roll film backs on 4x5 cameras. 35mm and digital bodies on 
>>bellows with enlarging lenses. What ever it takes to accomplish the 
>>vision or find a new one.
>>
>>  Right now I've got a Canon 5D sitting on my desk with a Hasselbad 
>>80 planar attached to it.
>>  And an the M8 with viso and bellows with a nikkor enlarging lens - 
>>see today's <http://www.imagist.com/blog> for results.
>>
>>  I've always enjoyed playing with different glass on various 
>>formats, slow, fast, b&w, or IR films, chips and what ever. I've 
>>exposed printing out paper in cameras, used paper negatives and 
>>contact printed them "wet." It's all photography. It's all 
>>wonderful and full of potentially beautiful surprises.
>>
>>  Camera / lens systems are great. I'll never sell my M6TTL. The 
>>Leica M lenses can always fill it's negatives to their full useable 
>>circles; just as the two R8's can give me a full 35mm negatives, 
>>transparencies, or the DMR chip to capture my world in images - as 
>>required or desired. Adapters which allow different systems to 
>>interact with each other make the optical possibilities even more 
>>wonderful. I can even hang my R8's on 4x5 if I want some view 
>>camera movements.
>>
>>  Imagine! Yes, indeed! Do!
>>
>>  On Jan 22, 2008, at 4:00 PM, Walt Johnson wrote:
>>
>>>  Imagine spending $$$ on lenses designed to cover a 24x36 mm 
>>>format and sticking them on something else.
>>
>>  Fond regards,
>>  George
>>  george@imagist.com
>>  www.imagist.com
>>  http://www.imagist.com/blog
>>  Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07
>>
>>
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