Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've been thinking about getting one of those sliding DSLR adapter plates that mount on a 4x5 view camera... -Daniel 2009/11/11 Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > Mark, > > It was not a view camera, but a 5x7 folding camera with a bellows and > extending bed. I had swapped for it, with no back, just to experiment with > it. My darkroom at the time would only accomodate 35mm, and I had no > interest in getting into LF film sizes. I had several old lenses from the > turn of the 20th Century, and the rig gave me a way to experiment with > them. > > Yes, in effect, I mounted my Leica body behind a crude view camera. > > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at > rabinergroup.com> > > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 9:11 PM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] M9 reviewers drawn from the "unwashed masses" > > > George, >>> >>> My first "hack" job was a wooden "focaslide" that I carved and fit to the >>> back of a 5x7 view camera, so that I could use a variety of old lenses in >>> front of my Leica IIIa body. I recall shooting an eclipse that way, >>> around >>> 1954. Many other arrangements have come and gone over the years. >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> >> >> >> You mounted your Leica body behind your view camera? >> >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >