Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My favorite macro setup--is there any other contender--is the Rolleiflex SL66. With standard lens, it went to 1:2 and offered modest lens tilt for better depth of field control. Reverse the lens and it does 1:1, and no adapter rings are needed. The original viewscreen was mostly useless for macro work as the large central spot would quickly black out, but replacing it with a Beattie screen improves matters enough that I could still see what I was doing with the bellows racked out, the lens at f/16 and with a polarizing filter in place! It's engineering struck me as brilliant in some areas and kind of shoddy in others (for instance, the lens latch never actually worked). Impression overall was that the designers spent so much time on clever features like it's mechanical depth of field scale, and the 12/24 back with rewind knob that popped out after frame #12 that the rest was rushed in order to meet deadline. If I had someone else to carry them, the Mamiya RB , RZ and Fuji GX680 would interest me lots too. Fuji offers a shoulder strap for the GX680: I take this as proof that someone at Fuji has a wicked sense of humor, as this camera is about the size of a human head. Jeff S __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html