[Leica] cutest camera ever

[scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)]

This camera looks pretty cool.  I don't know if I'd want movements
and such to shoot so "carefully" with 135 format film.

Any similar view camera beasts made for 120 film?  I've been looking
for a MF camera. RZ67 has bellows extension and a nice big negative,
but it's a big and heavy beast. SL66 looks interesting and has a bellows
as well, but pricey even on the used market. 

Maybe a "baby" Linhoff? 

Scott

George Lottermoser wrote:

>>From: "David Rodgers" <drodgers@casefarms.com>
>>Subject: RE: [Leica] cutest camera ever
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>>A) why anyone would ever build a 35mm view camera (I'm holding out for
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>One of the (many) things that fascinates me about photography: One can
>make a photographic image with almost anything; as long as  you have a
>pin hole or lens, a light sensitive surface to project the image on, and
>total darkness between the two. From this basic premise folks have
>contrived all manner of hardware to gain control over the various
>relationships between those two basic elements (lens, light sensitive
>surface) - from tiny spy cameras to huge view cameras. Here we have an
>opportunity to see someone's idea that swings, tilts, shifts, rises, and
>falls had some application to a 35mm frame, apparently extremely well
>crafted. You can find contemporary hardware (at $2k) which provides some
>of these movements for your digital SLR of choice: see
><http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details
>&Q=&sku=138111&is=REG&addedTroughType=search>.
>Why? Only the creators, marketers and buyers know for sure. 
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>>B) how in the world you stumbled onto it on ebay!
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>I have an ongoing e**y search of "view camera" just to see what comes up
>in the way of old, simple and eclectic photo gear. Amazing (to me)
>things appear in that search.
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>regards, George
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