Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/10

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Subject: Re: OT Re: [Leica] Littman 4x5 single (the Texas Leica)
From: John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 07:27:47 -0700

You seem to be missing the fact that the Littman 4x5 has a parallax 
correcting viewfinder with a coupled rangefinder just like a Leica M.

John Collier

On Monday, December 9, 2002, at 10:01 PM, Henning Wulff wrote:

> At 2:11 PM -0800 12/9/02, Pat Perez wrote:
>> Looks like a fun camera.
>>
>> But if that is the Texas Leica, then I guess the
>> Alaska Leica is the Granview
>>
>> http://www.granview.com/8x10C.html
>>
>> And I suppose that makes my Brooks Veriwide the Texas
>> Hologon <g>
>>
>
> As the Veriwide is neither that wide, nor produces LF negs, a better 
> candidate is probably something like the Cambo DS:
> http://www.cambo.com/capages/wideds.html
>
> I've used a couple of its ancestors for 25 years, with 35mm, 47mm and 
> 65mm lenses. It can be a bit of a scary snapshot camera, but it works 
> well.
>
> Henning J. Wulff

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