Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I did notice that it has those, and I really do think it is an interesting camera. I was just teasing about the TX Leica bit, if only because so many cameras are called that (Fuji 6x9, Mamiya 7 etc). It almost seems like musicians who claim to be 'the fifth Beatle'. Although 4x5 is bigger than I can use, the Littman seems like a very good tool for it's target audience. Pat - --- John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca> wrote: > You seem to be missing the fact that the Littman 4x5 > has a parallax > correcting viewfinder with a coupled rangefinder > just like a Leica M. > > John Collier > > On Monday, December 9, 2002, at 10:01 PM, Henning > Wulff wrote: > > > At 2:11 PM -0800 12/9/02, Pat Perez wrote: > >> Looks like a fun camera. > >> > >> But if that is the Texas Leica, then I guess the > >> Alaska Leica is the Granview > >> > >> http://www.granview.com/8x10C.html > >> > >> And I suppose that makes my Brooks Veriwide the > Texas > >> Hologon <g> > >> > > > > As the Veriwide is neither that wide, nor produces > LF negs, a better > > candidate is probably something like the Cambo DS: > > http://www.cambo.com/capages/wideds.html > > > > I've used a couple of its ancestors for 25 years, > with 35mm, 47mm and > > 65mm lenses. It can be a bit of a scary snapshot > camera, but it works > > well. > > > > Henning J. Wulff > > -- > 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