Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doesn't a Pentax 6x7 weighs twice as much as the Fuji 6x9? Totally different kind of beast? May be one of those older 6x6 /6x7 folders? They are pretty cheap too. On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > It does entice me, but getting this kind of stuff back from the lab sucks. > I think I will go for a Pentax 6x7 which is probably more reliable. > > Cheers, > nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > YNWA > > > > On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:45 PM, Richard Man wrote: > > > Take a look at that large 6x9 negative. > > > > It will take quite a bit of work to beat that even with a Leica M9, > unless > > you are doing the Paul thing. > > > > Worth it? Only you can decide. I probably won't shoot with my -4T or M7 > > much ever again, but I am shooting more XPan than ever before. So if the > > 6x9 neg entices you... > > > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu > >wrote: > > > >> Just got back 3 rolls of MF film from the lab in Barcelona, shot with my > >> Fuji 6x9. Of the 24 pictures in total, 14 are blank frames. And no, I > did > >> not accidentally photograph the inside of my camera bag this many times, > >> since I follow the standard Leica RF practice of not advancing the film > >> before putting the camera in the bag. I guess the lens shutter is > sticking, > >> i.e. not opening about half the time. Given that I only paid $300 for > this > >> camera, the fact that it has turned into a paperweight is annoying but > not > >> devastating. But it does mean that I am on the lookout for a reliable > 6x7 > >> or 6x9 MF outfit. > >> > >> Or I should just stop this film foolishness and get on with life in the > >> 21st century. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Nathan > >> > >> Nathan Wajsman > >> Alicante, Spain > >> http://www.frozenlight.eu > >> http://www.greatpix.eu > >> http://www.nathanfoto.com > >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > >> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > >> > >> > >> YNWA > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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.richardmanphoto.com>