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Subject: [Leica] IMG: WAS Layers - Alastair
From: afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com)
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 05:28:14 -0400
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the 90 is a great lens on the Xpan set to 35mm film usage, but its true,
this was a Leica shot. I have some lovely Xpan scenes of the mountains,
but at the moment, you will have to come to Ballarat to see them on the
wall: all darkroom printed ;-)

Alastair

> 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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