Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/08

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Subject: Re: Hasselblad Re: Viewfinder
From: "C.M. Fortunko" <fortunko@boulder.nist.gov>
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 1997 17:34:45 -0700

Roger,

I agree. These guys should have invited a fellow with a banquet camera. A
four-by-five would be OK too. But a Hasselblad is simply not acceptable.

Chris


At 05:12 PM 2/8/97 -700, you wrote:
>> >I just received mine about a week ago. Look at the photo of the
>> >LHSA members. This photo was taken with a Hasselblad.
>> 
>> 
>> Roger Beamon is somewhere in that picture but I can't pick him out,
>> although the shot is, of course, of outstanding quality, having been
>> shot on a ZEISS lens.
>
>Though 4 rows behind Roy Moss, Marc, I'm the next one that is exactly 
>behing Roy. Not skewed to the side of Roy in the slightest. Bang on!
>
>> I do hope that LHSA does a better job next year in selecting a pro
>> who shots with Leica.
>
>I would push for the best tool for the job. Though good, a 4x5 view 
>with tilts would have rendered poor Sid Gamsu in the rearmost row as 
>sharp, though smaller, as those in the front row.
>--
>Roger Beamon  
>       Naturalist & Photographer
>       Docent: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
>       Leica Historical Society Of America
>       mailto:beamon@primenet.com
>
>