Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/06/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The big Fuji goes. Five pounds is too much baggage even for Ken. You know they're going to fry you here for selling an M3 because you already have a Hexar RF. Your brain MUST have been cooked when you wrote this. ;-) Jeffery At 03:24 PM 6/29/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Ok... I spent the entire afternoon so far sunning and reading Mortensen's >"The Negative." Maybe my brain is cooked. > >So the hypothetical is: one stays and one goes. But which? > >One is an M3 SS PV ST DOF used with 50/1.4 (Sonnar-style) and 105/2.5 (also >Sonnar) Nikkor lenses. One is a Fuji 6x9 rangefinder with 100/3.5 (Tessar) >and 180/5.6 (Sonnar, cf distance 8 feet) interchangeable lenses. > >These are the parameters: >-- I have a Hexar RF and a Fuji GA645, so there would not be a huge >capability loss either way >-- The Fuji weighs 5 pounds with a lens. I call it the "Ken" camera because >to me it is oversized just like a camera Barbie would have. >-- With a 15x loupe, I don't see much difference in what is resolved on film >-- I normally use TMX in 35mm and Tri-X in medium format. >-- Each would sell for about the same amount if I booted it (well, Leica >body vs. 6x9 outfit). > >Knowing that this is a place where people are all over the place on issues >like this, what are your thoughts? > >Regards >------------ >Dante Stella >http://www.dantestella.com > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html