Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, I'm writing about something about which I know next to nothing; but is there not a digital back for the 6x6 Hasselblad? And I know that the Alpa 12 can be had with a 6x6 digital back. Seth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 8:29 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] 6x17 lust > Any 2 and a 1/4 square camera a Rolleiflex or old Hasselblad would be > twice > the frame size of the S2 only shooting film instead of just a capture > area. > > There does not seem to be a medium format system like the traditional > Hasselblad in which a digital back you'd get for it is very close at all > to > 2 1/4 square. Though some are hyped as "full frame" digital. Referring to > full frame 645 not 6x6. And not even that. > 6x6 = 2 and a 1/4 square > Its 6 cm > > Mark William Rabiner > > > >> From: Richard Man <richard.lists@gmail.com> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:10:51 -0800 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Subject: [Leica] 6x17 lust >> >> I have no budget right now, but looking at the XPan pics made me drool >> after >> this: >> >> < >> http://cgi.ebay.com/Fuji-GX617-Panoramic-Camera-Giant-XPan-BOXED-MINT_W0QQitem >> Z270320360174QQihZ017QQcategoryZ3351QQssPageNameZWD2VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemQQ_tr >> ksidZp1638Q2em122 >>> >> >> I know it will be VERY different from the XPan as the XPan is handheld >> camera whereas 6x17 is get-a-sherpa camera, but oh man, the size of the >> negatives..... >> >> Makes S2 looks like a half frame, and the Nikon FX a quarter frame and >> the >> 4/3rd a... 16th frame. >> >> -- >> // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com >> // b: http://rfman.wordpress.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.0/1865 - Release Date: 12/26/2008 1:01 PM