Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/29

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Subject: RE: [Leica] M6 21 ASP OR HASSELBLAD 503cm with ?? (undecided)
From: Jeffrey Hausner <Buzz@marianmanor.org>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 10:43:45 -0400

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> From:	RBedw51767@aol.com [SMTP:RBedw51767@aol.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, September 29, 1998 8:47 AM
> To:	leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject:	Re: [Leica] M6 21 ASP OR HASSELBLAD 503cm with ??
> (undecided)
	[Buzz]  
	Good advice, but beware of the tripod legs edging into the frame
with the 21!

	Buzz

> I have an M6, 21asp,35,50 and a 90, a Hasselblad Superwide and a 503CW
> system.
> The 21mm Asp and the Superwide are my favorites tools.  I couldn't give up
> either.  However, I do use the Hasselblad system more than I use my Leica.
> I
> like a larger negative and I seem to take much more care in the
> photographic
> process with the larger camera.  It would be my suggestion that you
> complete
> your M6 system with the 21mm before venturing into a Hasselblad system.
> You
> will find yourself adding another back, a lens, grips, filters, prisms and
> eventually you will have a fortune tied up into the Hasselblad.  Use the
> Leica
> with a tripod, the 21mm lens, a fine grain b&w or color film and you will
> have
> to look hard for the difference in the shots with the Leica and the
> Hasselblad.  The 21mm is a phenomenal lens.
> 
> Hope this helps you decide.
> 
> Good Shooting,
> BOB   
> 
>  
>  I have 2 M6's (35,50 & 90).  I need to decide between either getting a
> 21asp
>  or a Hasselblad.  Which would be of more use.  
>   >>