Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm sure that medium format gives sharper images than any leica in the world but the conditions are different! As far as I know, it's very difficult to use a MF lens wide open because of the size of the neg that cannot be really plane. Therefore, the MF lense have to be stopped down (around f/8 or f/11) to compensate the lack of film planeity. Thus, there is no way to get the typical leica image, like a 50mm s'cron wide open with a main subject perfectly sharp and this famous bokeh...So the purpose of MF cams such as the Fuji 6x9 and the leica M is totally different. You can get bokeh at f/11 with a MF lens but you need at least a 150 mm (the hasselblad 150mm f/4 for example). Thib. At 21:23 22/04/1998 -0700, you wrote: >Several years ago I bought a used Fuji 6x9 with a 90mm lens. Never had I >owned a sharper camera (nor since for that matter). Being that I do not keep >equipment for very long, I sold the Fuji to a doctor in N. Carolina. >Several years later, and several pleas later, the good doctor finally >relented and returned the camera to me. >I will never, never sell it again. >How is it? Awesome. The large negative, light weight, great view finder and >acutely sharp lens make for a combination hard to beat. >Concurrently I owned a Fuji 6x9 with 65mm lens but was not happy with the >results. The lens was not as good as the 90. I have no idea which of the two >was the exception. >The 6x9 format is ideal for scenics, panoramas etc., >plus I can feel macho holding that hunk of camera next to someone holding a >M camera, you know, one of those Leica things. > >Joseph Codispoti > >-----Original Message----- >From: Isaac Crawford <eyes1@webtv.net> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Date: Wednesday, April 22, 1998 8:58 PM >Subject: [Leica] May be blasphemy... > > >The only reason I'm asking this here is that I know that there is an >awful lot of rangfinder users here... Has anyone tried the Fuji >rangfinder cameras? How do they feel? How do the negs look? It >wouldn't replace the M6 (what could?), but there have been some >situations where the extra neg size would be nice...TIA! > >eyes > > > >