Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 9/7/99 3:24:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mrabiner@concentric.net writes: << I'm sure if Hasselblad made a 6 by 7 Anne and Herb would use it. They're not fools. We need to keep in mind that 6 by 7 looks a whole lot bigger on the light table than 6 by 6 >> I have a Hasselblad but almost never use it anymore since I picked up a Horseman VH-R . Imagine a 6x9cm Leica M (coupled rangefinder, multi-frame bright-line viewfinder) with swings,shifts and tilts, flash sync to 1/500, interchangeable film backs and a built-in Visoflex. Cost me $2500 with 5 lenses (it takes any LF lens from 65-210 that will fit a #0 shutter) and 3 backs. As a Leica user that camera feels very natural to me. I use it for landscapes but it could easily be used handheld...something that can't be said for the Blad or the RB.