Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Currently I use a Fuji GW670III as a medium format camera, it has a fixed 90/3.5 lens. I bought this because I was using a Mamiya 1000s (box style) and had a terrible time handholding it. LUGGERS will be delighted to know the Fuji is a rangefinder, and shaped like a 35 camera. It is light and manoeuvrable, and user friendly. Why do I need medium format, because on Sundays I shoot family portraits professionally, either in the home or outside, and we pose allowing space for cropping, so we have more flexibility than with 35, plus when you are looking through the negatives for the slight difference between shots, the larger the format the better. We have recently added a new dimension to our portrait shooting. Since reading how LUGGERS use wide open shots for softness and bokeh, I also take my F3 with the 35/1.4 or 50/1.4 lens, and do extra head poses, very close, using available light at 1.4 - just to see if it works. The prints I have seen so far look good, we will wait to see what the clients like. Will post results. I want to thank the LUG for the technical advice which is seeping in through osmosis. I am looking forward to the day when I can use an M6 to do the available light shots, will be seeking advice at that time on lenses etc - Hugh Thompson