Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, we know they exaggerate, but here ya go: http://www.5pmlight.com/PICS/CF005965.jpg I feel my XPan landscape photos are sometimes limited by dynamic range, especially in the shadow area (as an aside, a very good Tri-X user says I should rate Tri-X at ISO200 and develop normally, except if they are contrasty, then N-1 [ slightly less convenient since XPan uses 35mm but film is cheap]). An opportunity came up to get a used Phase One P30 so bye bye 21' Summilux and hello P30 back. I picked up a basic 503CW kit from KEH (hey look, no dark slide needed :-) !) and putting the system through its pace in the last couple days. I think the viewfinder itself weighs more than the M so this is definitely not a hang on your neck or put in your pocket camera. My wimpy little Benro shakes like a [insert colorful metaphor here] and I need to pick up a more "manly" tripod. I am picking out another Benro. Now I need to choose a solid head. Joy joy joy. More testing next week after we return from Tai Chi lessons. -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]