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Subject: [Leica] was Mamiya 6 now Square
From: john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 21:30:00 +0000
References: <C47D7A8931E34392B2FA1B9EA2878402@Family>, <CFF2F957.22499%mark@rabinergroup.com>

24mm x 27mm I think, there was also th 126 film format....

john
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And there as the Leica Postal. 24x24mm. Made in small amounts with a special
lens which was pre set to a few feet away... and. which I cant find on the
internet so maybe I dreamt it.


And
LEICA 'VNIOO' 24X24MM NEGATIVE CARRIER FOR VALOY II & FOCOMAT


On 7/21/14 12:59 PM, "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> They did make 24x24 and you can get a Zeiss Ikon Tenax II on eBay right 
> now,
> but it only has the 2.8 Tessar and not the 2.0 Sonnar. It's hip to be
> square....
>
> Douglas
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 10:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Mamiya 6
>
>
>> If they made a 24x24mm format 35mm camera who knows how much more film
>> would
>> have been shot?
>> Why not make a square format digital camera? Or one with that format in
>> the
>> options? I'd buy one!
>> Its great to never have to turn your camera on its side.
>>
>>
>> On 7/21/14 5:17 AM, "Chris Crawford" <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, Richard. I am still shooting the Mamiya 6! I used it with the
>>> 50mm
>>> lens and Ilford Delta 3200 film at EI-1600 for this photo. That let me
>>> handhold the shot; it was early evening and this is in the shade because
>>> of the trees. The exposure was 1/30 at f11.
>>>
>>> The Mamiya 6 is wonderful. I have always loved 6x6; the square format
>>> works for my work well (though I did crop this photo a bit on the sides),
>>> but other 6x6 cameras I have used were not really handholdable. I had a
>>> Mamiya C330f when I was younger, and shot my art school graduation
>>> project
>>> on it:
>>>
>>> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-results.php?category=60
>>>
>>> Loved the image quality, and the fact that the camera and lenses were
>>> inexpensive, but it was too heavy for me to hold, and using it on a
>>> tripod
>>> was a pain because of the waist level finder (I know they made a prism,
>>> but I didn't have one...was a poor student then). I had to sell it after
>>> college because I needed money. Later, I was able to get a Hasselblad.
>>> Same problems, except I did have a prism for it, but the lenses were very
>>> heavy. Sold it and got the Mamiya 6 a year and a half ago.
>>>
>>> Wish I'd just begun with the Mamiya 6, it is perfect. I had not shot a
>>> single frame of 35mm film since getting it, until last week when I shot a
>>> roll to use for a developing demonstration for someone who paid me to
>>> teach her to develop film. The student (who is actually a high school art
>>> teacher) shoots only 35, so I used it for my lesson.
>>


Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] was Mamiya 6 now Square)
In reply to: Message from imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry) ([Leica] was Mamiya 6 now Square)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] was Mamiya 6 now Square)