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Subject: [Leica] OT: lens shutters suck
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:12:12 +0100
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I don't like folders, and when I shoot MF weight is not an issue anyway. I 
am a big guy ;-)

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
http://www.greatpix.eu
http://www.nathanfoto.com
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Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/


YNWA



On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:57 PM, Richard Man wrote:

> 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
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 
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> 
> 
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