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Subject: [Leica] Now MF, was where oh where is the DMR now Canon
From: creativevisions at verizon.net (Michael J Herring)
Date: Sat Jul 2 09:36:39 2005
References: <BEEB275F.17A6C%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Just can't surpass the Super-Angulon for medium and large format.
Would love to be able to use one on the SL66 with the equally suberb Zeiss 
Macro-Planar.

Mike
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Now MF, was where oh where is the DMR now Canon


> On 7/1/05 3:15 PM, "Scott McLoughlin" <scott@adrenaline.com> typed:
>
>> Oh, is that the SL66?  I've researched that one a bit and it looks
>> like a really great camera.
>>
>
> A real classic.
> The 6000 series you don't want IMO.
> But an SL66 is much different with the built in bellows and are much more
> elegant.
> Elegances as in the opposite of the amazingly high tech complexities which
> never work of the 6000 series. These cameras reputedly just never work and
> you cant get them fixed. Other than that, great. Not that I don't wish 
> that
> they would with that option of using Schneider lenses. The 90 macro in
> particular. And there is a 180 f2.8 for the super fashion photographer of
> all time.
>
> Read this and weep
> http://www.sl66.com/slx/PQ_lenses_datachart.
>
> Looks like threes a
> Super-Angulon 3,5-22/ 40mm PQ
>
> With all respects to your cousin Elmarit, dog whatever: when it comes to
> wide angle pie in the sky what I want perfection. Give me a super Angulon
> any day.
>
> Theses people are not into the Sl66 but seem to be into the SX.
> A camera which always fascinated me.
>
> I'm going to check it out right now.
>
> Oh here's the sl66 its hard to find on the site
> http://www.sl66.com/welcome.htm
>
> But you'd figure with "sl66" in the URL they'd have the camera in there 
> some
> where.
>
> Gee they are Gorgeous!
> http://www.sl66.com/welcome.htm
> And there is a lens list.
>
> I think I'll start an sl66 users group and only allow me to be the only 
> one
> who doesn't have one in it.
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> Mark Rabiner
> Photography
> Portland Oregon
> http://rabinergroup.com/
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