Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, isn't the simplest to spend another $300 for another Fuji 6x9 or send your defective one to a CLA for a couple hundred bucks? On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>wrote: > Then get one of those 500CM/501CW and some amazing Zeiss glass. You can > get a 500CM/ an A12 back, a WLF and a 80mm lens for ~$1000. More money for > sure but the quality will be so worth it. > > Or get the Mamiya 6MF. Again for about ~$1000. > > > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at > frozenlight.eu>wrote: > >> 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 >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> 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 >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>> 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> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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> > > > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>