Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/02/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Many of us on the list like was said last time you posted this could have shot it with sheet film, medium format or 35. On 2/27/14 2:12 AM, "Raimo Korhonen" <raimo.m.korhonen at uusikaupunki.fi> wrote: > Traditional Leica slogan: small negative, big print. > Current slogan: small sensor, big print ;-) > All the best! > Raimo K > > -----Alkuper?inen viesti----- > L?hett?j?: lug-bounces+raimo.m.korhonen=uusikaupunki.fi at leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+raimo.m.korhonen=uusikaupunki.fi at leica-users.org] > Puolesta Phil Swango > L?hetetty: 27. helmikuutata 2014 7:46 > Vastaanottaja: LUG > Aihe: [Leica] format frenzy > > This discussion of format size brings back memories. When I was in college > I worked for one semester as a photog at the college newspaper -- the LSU > Daily Reveille. First day on the job my editor told me that they didn't > use > 35mm photos and handed me a 3-1/4 by 4-1/4 Linhoff press cam. I hated > using > it and finally one day got the assignment of shooting a track meet. > I loaded up 6 film holders and headed to the track, but really got nothing > I wanted to turn in. Next day I took along my IIIf and 50mm lens and shot a > roll of 35mm, made a contact sheet and took it to the editor. He ended up > using 14 shots in a centerfold spread. That was the end of the Linhoff. > > > -- > Phil Swango > 307 Aliso Dr SE > Albuquerque, NM 87108 > 505-262-40 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/