Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/27

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Subject: [Leica] 6x17 lust
From: imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George)
Date: Sat Dec 27 08:22:12 2008
References: <7ac27f4f0812261510p77f7791ak7a5d6417057cdc52@mail.gmail.com> <C57B9802.472AD%mark@rabinergroup.com> <315341271.20081227150542@tesco.net>

Did the BigShot ever make it into production?
It seemed always about to appear.

Fond regards,
George

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On Dec 27, 2008, at 9:05 AM, lindnich@tesco.net wrote:

> There was once the bigshot: http://www.epi-centre.com/reports/ 
> 9604cs.html
> BWs Gordon
>
> Saturday, December 27, 2008, 1:29:54 PM, you wrote:
>
> MR> Any 2 and a 1/4 square camera a Rolleiflex or old Hasselblad  
> would be twice
> MR> the frame size of the S2 only shooting film instead of just a  
> capture area.
>
> MR> There does not seem to be a medium format system like the  
> traditional
> MR> Hasselblad in which a digital back you'd get for it is very  
> close at all to
> MR> 2 1/4 square. Though some are  hyped as "full frame" digital.  
> Referring to
> MR> full frame 645 not 6x6. And not even that.
> MR> 6x6 =  2 and a 1/4 square
> MR> Its 6 cm
>
> MR> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
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