[Leica] M's vs 4x5 (?!?)

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> 
> From: "Robert Palmieri" <rpalmier@depaul.edu>
> Date: 2004/06/10 Thu PM 01:52:56 EDT
> To: <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] M's vs 4x5 (?!?)
> 
> Folks - 
> 
> Well, I'm going shooting in an arboretum this weekend with one of my 4x5
> totin' buddies.  In classic David and Goliath fashion I've decided to
> bring nothing but Leica-related gear.  I'll be attempting to test a
> hunch of mine that under certain conditions (all objects of interest at
> relatively the same distance from the camera, no need to stop down too
> far, etc) our 35mm tools of choice just might be able to hold their own.
> 
> The main advantage seems to be that most of us can afford (in terms of
> cost and bulk) to carry a wider assortment of primes in order to be able
> to get a lot of shots from a lot of positions without the need for
> cropping.  I'll be packing 15 & 21mm Voightlanders, 35 4th gen 'cron, 50
> collapsible 'cron and 85mm Nikkor.  I might also bring along an SL with
> 60 & 90 Elmarits and the 400 Telyt in case a nice bird or two present
> themselves.  
> 
> Films will be Acros 100 (my usual choice for such applications) and
> Velvia (likely to be printed in B&W.)  At the last minute Bob Meier sent
> me a test roll of Tech Pan that he developed in Technidol, with some
> really nice results. The negs look to be surprisingly long in scale, and
> although I'm a bit unfamiliar with this material I just don't think I'll
> be able to leave home without it now.
> 
> So, besides the use of my trusty Tiltall, a long cable, hoods/no filters
> & optimum apertures, does anyone have some last-minute advice (other
> that suddenly upgrading my lenses to some fancier modern stuff)? Really,
> my goal is to come back with snaps that I like, but comparisons in the
> ways that these disparate hardware rigs render the subjects will be
> inevitable...
> 
> Bob Palmieri