Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/16

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: WAS Layers - Alastair
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:23:25 +0200
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Well seen but was it really the Xpan ?
Looks like a short tele  > 5.6 to me
ph

Le 16 avr. 11 ? 11:18, afirkin at afirkin.com a ?crit :

>
>> The 'blad and a digital back is a huge system. Once you do that and  
>> put
>> everything on a tripod, then sooner or later (well for me anyway),  
>> then
>> you
>> said, "gee, may as well go with a REAL camera system with  
>> movements..."
>>
>> That road lies madness, I tell ya. But still, ...
>>
>> OTOH, when I am climbing rocks and cliffs, it sure is nice to hang  
>> the
>> XPan
>> off the neck, and 2 lens on a "fanny pack." Do that with a 4x5!!
>
> You are probably right, but carrying a 4x5 senor would be hard work  
> on the
> hip pocket ;-)
>
> All cameras have faults and benefits: I love my Xpan, but taking it  
> means
> carrying a whole other system and film.
>
> It was great in NEPAL
>
> http://tinyurl.com/65wj4e2
>
> Cheers
>
> Alastair
>
>
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