Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/10

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Subject: Re: OT Re: [Leica] Littman 4x5 single (the Texas Leica)
From: Pat Perez <pat@patperez.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 13:00:41 -0800 (PST)

Well, I had actually been reffering to the Zeiss Ikon
Hologon camera, which was a fixed lens 35.


Pat

- --- Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> 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
> 
> The Hologon (on the Leica) is guess-focus with a
> separate viewfinder as well.
> 
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