Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]last year, i bought a super technika IV (STIV) and the leica comparison is apt and then some. it's a fantastically adaptable machine. i had cams made and adjusted for the 90/150 and 270 lenses. the STIV definitely builds up strength in your left arm. with a dozen grafmatics, you can go through film amazingly fast, but i can't figure out how to process more than 12 sheets at a time (two combi tanks). - -rei On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 04:52:50PM -0500, Johnny Deadman wrote: > Well, I had a Littman for a while but although it has certain Leica > aspects (its unique quality is that it has a rangefinder built into the > optical viewfinder) it really isn't the Leica of 4x5. If a > rangefinder-in-viewfinder 4x5 is what you need, then a Littman is the > only game in town, but I personally found it to be an awkward kind of > combination. When picking up a 4x5 it is very odd not to have any > movements, or to be able to change lenses, which really seems like > about half the *point* of a 4x5 camera to me. Also the Littman is > really quite large. I have big hands but what it would be like for > someone with small hands is a bit hard to imagine. > > I just swapped the Littman for a nice Linhof Master Technika which does > actually *feel* a lot more like a Leica and has quite a nice > rangefinder too. - -- Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com Ridgewood, New Jersey - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html