Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark- I get 20 shots on my pentax 6 x 7 with a roll of 220 - except the last time I used it- got no shots. The battery died. My spare batteries were down the hill. Before use I had checked the battery- Battery checks are not what they used to be. Will carry a spare in my pocket next time. Live and learn!! Stasys On Jun 30, 2005, at 7:36 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> >> Anyway, back to photography, I find there are so many factors that >> make/break a photo more than the capture device. Film processing, >> scanning technique, "digital darkroom" dodge/burn and sharpening >> work, tripod use or handheld steadiness, printing, mood - and light! >> >> The real "competitor" to my Nikon DSLR is likely to be a 6x7 MF >> system I've been researching and shopping around for. I want a big >> scan of a big B&W negative. That's what I really want for Xmas. >> >> And until then, my 2 Leica M6TTL's and a few lenses get a good >> 90% of my shooting time anyway. Just fits in a small bag so nicely. >> >> Scott >> >> > > Well Scott when you say "6x7 MF system " you should tell us if it's > SLR or > not. I do have this one theory on 6x7. On presentation on the light > table > being its only real advantage; not image quality in larger prints which > would be the only reason I can think of of getting into it. > A 6x7 blows away all 6x6's on the light table is what sums it up. My > little > theory that is. Not so on the gallery walls I'm sure. Large prints. > But for some non logical reason a 6x7 seems twice as big as a 6x6 on a > light > table. And at the movement of reckoning............... > When you're showing them you're "take". > No ones looking at the 6x6's. It's like they are not even there. > So it gets people like Anne Liebowitz and Herb Ritz putting their > Hassies on > the shelf for the interim.. > > Just keep in mind what a backless, lensless, prismlesss, Hasselblad > 500 CM > or W looks like if you've ever seen one which most have probably not. > Its a 500 gram 3 inch hollow cube with a mirror in it. Made in Sweden. > Yours for a couple hundred bucks. > Glass from Zeiss made in Germany as good as it gets of all shapes and > sizes > each one with it's own shutter for a couple hundred bucks a pop. Ok I > slightly exaggerate.* > > A new Leica MP weights 100 grams more than this. (600 grams for a new > Leica > MP) > Cost ten times more.. > And gives you a neg 3.5 times smaller. > This only occasionally freaks me out. > > What does get my attention is that to get that extra centimeter for 6x7 > instead of 6x6 means to get a camera which is three times bigger and > heaver. > Especially if you're wanting that rotatable back of the RB or RZ. > I'd go check that out; look up the Mamiya site for the 6x7 RZ like I > just > did with the Leica site and I weighted and measured my Blad on my own > but > I'll leave the RZ specs to the home viewer. > Suffice to say 12 on a roll instead of 10 or 9. > Squares (with their natural centers making for much easier composition > and > later flexibility) RULE!! > http://rabinergroup.com/ImagePages/Biteme.html > > > So hopefully you're thinking a Mamiya or Fuji Rangefinder. > Texas Leicas. > Wonder bread Leicas. Leicas with a whole lot of air pumped into them. > Me I'd opt for one of the 645 jobs. > Once you've gotten into Brownie Film you're over that "trying to pump > light > though a keyhole" effect you've got with 35mm which you don't with > medium > format. > Medium format opens it up. Lets the light pour through. > But to me it only needs 645 to do that. > And that's 16 on a roll. A slice of pie for everybody. > On the "A 16-member Pakistan cricket team "! > > Or a murder of 16 crows if that's how many are up there! > > > > > > * a couple of hundred bucks now for Hassy stuff used. > But once the medium format digital backs hit that magic price point > that > gear will be in a Bear market again. > Of course the idea is to sell high; buy low. > Those who sold their Hassies for a song. Some extra memory cards I say > "phooey" to. > And your dog!!! > > > Mark Rabiner > Photography > Portland Oregon > http://rabinergroup.com/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >