Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Akhil, I use a 4x5 Linhof Technika for my landscapes. Over the years, I've owned a couple of Hasselblad systems, including a Superwide. But my heart is in 4x5. I use my Leica R equipment mainly for my wife's and my book business. My photographs (regional - so it is basically 'scape stuff) and her recipes (Scenic Cookbooks of San Francisco, Carmel/Monterey, and now Napa Valley Wine Country) and we also are working on other types of books as well. But for a personal carry around camera, it's an M6, and for fine art landscape and still life type stuff, it's 4x5. I enjoyed using my Hasselblads when I had them. I was working as a commercial photographer at that time. If I were to buy a MF camera today, it would be between the Rollei 600x and the Hasselblad. But for me right now, 35 & 4x5 is enough. Many thanks for the comments, Jim At 01:04 PM 10/25/98 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Jim, > Just a short note to thank you for your comments last week on >this topic. > I, too, own the Summicron R (in fact I have both versions) but >was hoping to upgrade to the Summilux. > By the way, if you like to do landscapes, may I suggest you try a >Hasselblad, say a Superwide ? The images will put to shame any 35mm >system and SW is not that much heavier than an R + lens. > Regards, > Akhil >