Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark, I sure like mine for shooting panoramas on 35mm film. Ken Wilcox At 12:08 PM -0700 5/31/02, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >Companion? > companion for what? > >I can't see why 8x10's and 11x14's require that kind of real estate. >Subject matter? >Even fast film in 35mm makes for grainless sharp and beautiful prints >these sizes. >And OF what? hand held? Tripod? > >The kind of grab shooting Leica is known for is not going to happen with >the Mamiya 7. >Not enough depth of field. >And i understand there are close focusing issues. > >I could see using it on road trips with a tripod to make very large >prints of high quality. > >But it would not be stared in the same part of my trunk as my Leica's. >(They'd probably fight) > >But it least it's a rangefinder camera. >Unlike the Contax 645 or the Mamiya 645 AF(D) which have nothing at all >to do with Leica in any stretch of the imagination… > > > >Mark Rabiner >Portland, Oregon USA >http://www.markrabiner.com >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- _____________________ Ken Wilcox klw.51 at comcast.net - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html