Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Rick Dykstra wrote: ><Snip> > An M camera vibrates less (so I'm told - I've only ever dry fired a 'blad, > in a dream factory called Phototime in Melbourne, Australia. Sounded like a > lot of stuff moving around in there, and it didn't feel steady in my hands). You can prePop it though so it just goes "click." I even will do this hand head with the camera braced against my chest. (I'd love a waist level finder for my M6) > > M lenses are generally faster, which can mean using higher shutter speeds, > to obvious effect. Or slower film, again, an obvious advantage. But both f11's are f11. > > 35mm lenses provide greater depth for the same field of view (don't they?), > an important handheld photography factor. We're chipping away at that > ratio. OK so set it at f16 ><Snip> > Add a pinch of my own unashamed bias, and, hey presto, Leica wins! Leica especially wins if that's the only camera system you have. You are printing with your Focomat 35mm enlarger. You would become an expert in that system and all it's advantages. But that view out your window if you really wanted it looking better as a large print; then film size definitely counts. That's why a Rolleiflex was invented, Oops! I mean the Hasselblad system. Or a Speed Graphic was invented, Oops! I mean a Master Technika. ><Snip> A Hasselblad system is a whole different high maintanace kettle of fish and there are other ways to skin that cat; shoot some Brownie film in ones spare time. But the Hasselblad system is a system that GET'S THE JOB DONE. That Polaroid back is where it often starts. And then I think as long as I have the camera system set up and the shot all aligned I might as well shoot a dozen quick exposures with it in case my shutter is sticking on my M6 and I don't know it. Now if the came out of a Polaroid back for an M6 that Hasselblad system would stay put away more often. And If they came out with a square format M6....:) squares often being where it is happening! Mark Rabiner