Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I remember that "eye" on the building shot... On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:28 AM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote: > 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 > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // 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. ]