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Subject: [Leica] IMG: WAS Layers - Alastair
From: richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man)
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:38:21 -0700
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I remember that "eye" on the building shot...

On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 2:28 AM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote:

> the 90 is a great lens on the Xpan set to 35mm film usage, but its true,
> this was a Leica shot. I have some lovely Xpan scenes of the mountains,
> but at the moment, you will have to come to Ballarat to see them on the
> wall: all darkroom printed ;-)
>
> Alastair
>
> > Well seen but was it really the Xpan ?
> > Looks like a short tele  > 5.6 to me
> > ph
> >
> > Le 16 avr. 11 ? 11:18, afirkin at afirkin.com a ?crit :
> >
> >>
> >>> The 'blad and a digital back is a huge system. Once you do that and
> >>> put
> >>> everything on a tripod, then sooner or later (well for me anyway),
> >>> then
> >>> you
> >>> said, "gee, may as well go with a REAL camera system with
> >>> movements..."
> >>>
> >>> That road lies madness, I tell ya. But still, ...
> >>>
> >>> OTOH, when I am climbing rocks and cliffs, it sure is nice to hang
> >>> the
> >>> XPan
> >>> off the neck, and 2 lens on a "fanny pack." Do that with a 4x5!!
> >>
> >> You are probably right, but carrying a 4x5 senor would be hard work
> >> on the
> >> hip pocket ;-)
> >>
> >> All cameras have faults and benefits: I love my Xpan, but taking it
> >> means
> >> carrying a whole other system and film.
> >>
> >> It was great in NEPAL
> >>
> >> http://tinyurl.com/65wj4e2
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >> Alastair
> >>
> >>
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