Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, why do you use the R system for the book photos, why not the M? Does this work involve a lot of tele and macro work? Is the M not all-purpose enough for you? Just curious..... Francesco At 10:54 AM 10/25/98 , you wrote: >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 >> >