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Subject: [Leica] three questions: C41 b/w film; Mamiya DM22; why no US version of GF1 w 20mm kit?
From: passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro)
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 22:01:11 -0400
References: <19b6d42d1003272213l512b02f2m2f28f7ddcd82d132@mail.gmail.com> <C7D49B93.60340%mark@rabinergroup.com> <19b6d42d1003281412x4b7679aambe1285d193618180@mail.gmail.com> <eb6799211003281423l52c06a17ub9f27702f946cd4@mail.gmail.com>

Actually I think it was that (your) blog where I picked up this info and
then of course altered/distorted it in my memory. Is that where he talks
about how the airports are destroying his medium format film?

Wouldn't he be like handed M9s and S2s up the wazoo now and try them? Wasn't
he an R6 guy? And film 645? And M4 perhaps?

On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> 
wrote:

> Vince, my blog post about Salgado is my most popular post ever. It even
> gets
> linked to Brazilian forums etc. This was about 1 1/2 years ago. He switched
> to Canon full frame but have special mask for the camera viewfinder so it
> shows a 6x45 view and he has his printer print the digital images in
> traditional darkroom.
>
> I suspect he will be one of the first buyers for the Pentax digital. He
> loves the low contrasty Pentax lens.
>
> On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Vince Passaro <passaro.vince at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Rabs,
> >
> > I understand that Salgado since going digital was using some sort of
> > digital
> > 645 Pentax but I could be wrong.
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 5:37 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > > I'm contemplating C41 b and w film. I've used the Kodak and liked it
> > > > sometimes and not others (dependong on factors I was too ignorant to
> > > learn
> > > > how to control at the time, I suspect). My impression though was that
> > > Koday
> > > > was the best of them but I do recollect an Ilford that some people
> > > liked...
> > > > perhaps it was that 50 ASA of theirs?
> > > >
> > > > Anyone using C41 and feel knowledgeable and opinionated enough to
> > declare
> > > > differences and preferences?
> > > >
> > > > Or, here's another question:
> > > >
> > > > I see on B&H site that there's a Mamiya medium format digital camera
> > for
> > > > under $10K, called the DM22. Anyone know about it, have an opinon,
> etc?
> > > for
> > > > the price it comes with an 80mm lens, which I guess is kind of an
> > > equivalent
> > > > to normal size lens?
> > > >
> > > > And finally: among you GF1 fanatics out there -- does anyone know why
> > you
> > > > can buy the GF! with the 20mm as a kit in Europe but, after a brief
> > > > availablility, not here? (here being the good ole' US of A folks.
> TGeam
> > > > America. Burn the camera in order to save it. Semper Fi. all that.)_
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Vince
> > > >
> > > That's just the back on the Mamiya.
> > > Check the dpreview two cameras came out two weeks ago to shake up the
> > > medium
> > > format thing a little big getting it going.
> > > A Pentax and a Mamiya with the Mamiya costing twice what the Pentax was
> > > costing and both the the exact same format and megapixels.
> > >  40MP, 44 x 33 CCD sensor,
> > > And the Pentax looks super cool and cost $9,400
> > > It has respectable glass from its 645 system for the lowest price point
> I
> > > think in medium format photography. Which is good for me becaue if I'm
> > > getting into a new system for me I'd also need glass.
> > >
> > > http://www.dpreview.com/news/1003/10031002pentax645d.asp
> > > Pentax unveils 40MP 645D medium format DSLR
> > >
> > >
> > > [Rabs]
> > > Mark William Rabiner
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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Replies: Reply from richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] three questions: C41 b/w film; Mamiya DM22; why no US version of GF1 w 20mm kit?)
In reply to: Message from passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro) ([Leica] three questions: C41 b/w film; Mamiya DM22; why no US version of GF1 w 20mm kit?)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] three questions: C41 b/w film; Mamiya DM22; why no US version of GF1 w 20mm kit?)
Message from passaro.vince at gmail.com (Vince Passaro) ([Leica] three questions: C41 b/w film; Mamiya DM22; why no US version of GF1 w 20mm kit?)
Message from richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] three questions: C41 b/w film; Mamiya DM22; why no US version of GF1 w 20mm kit?)