Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Joe Getting a bit off topic here but I wouldn't call the Rollei TLRs 'cheap' . I agree with your assessment of Zeiss 2.8 lenses though. The best lens in my house is the Hassy (Zeiss)180mm f/4 CF Sonnar, possibly one of the best lenses ever made. Anyway, I'll stop there since I mentioned 'Zeiss' and 'best' in the same sentence and the last thread that did that lasted for about two months. Simon Joe Sobel wrote: > In a message dated 9/19/00 5:33:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, simon@sclamb.com > writes: > > << I guess that is the real benefit of 6x6 format, > you can decide the shape of the finished product (provided you allowed > enough in the image area to have the choice in the first place). Of all the > portraits that I have done with the Hassy nearly everyone has asked for the > finshed print to be in square format - it seems to convey a softer and less > formal image. > >> > > I have to confess that I have always enjoyed working with 6x6. I still have > a couple of Rollei TLR's and a Super Ikonta B - doing it on the cheap. The > 2.8 Zeiss lenses are good enough for available light work, with some of the > new emulsions. Especially, the RF works well in dim light. So why did the > Robot, with its 24x24 mm format, fade away? > > Joe Sobel >