Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Mamiya 7 looks like the closest competitor. Mamiya supplies an adapter for the M7 that will give you these "panoramic" images with 35mm film, but with the added advantage of being able to shoot 120 as well! Other than the motor drive and a few other things, I don't see the great advantage of this camera over the M7. And this whole "panorama" business is a bit silly, isn't it? In the case of the Mamiya 7, that little adapter doesn't give you a wider angle of view on the 35mm filmstrip than you'd get with a regular 6x7cm frame, right? The XPAN in panoramic format doesn't give me a wider angle of view either... I don't see what all the fuss is about. Given what we know so far, the Mamiya is still the more flexible machine. It may be a little smaller, but I'll bet it's heavier than the M7. - --Jim Laurel - -----Original Message----- From: Paul Chefurka [mailto:pchefurk@ca.newbridge.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 1998 12:48 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Hasselblad XPAN Isaac Crawford wrote: > > It seems to me that they would have to make the lenses slow to keep the > size down. If they will cover a 65mm image circle, they would be huge > at f 1.4!!! I think we all understand the technical issues involved with this thing. What intrigues me more are the product management issues. What's the market? What's the motivation? What's the business case? Answers to these questions are most obscure to me... Paul