Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I had actually been reffering to the Zeiss Ikon Hologon camera, which was a fixed lens 35. Pat - --- Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> wrote: > >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 > > The Hologon (on the Leica) is guess-focus with a > separate viewfinder as well. > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html