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Subject: [Leica] which medium format?
From: editor at frontenachouse.com (Rose Scollard)
Date: Sun Feb 25 16:40:05 2007
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That sounds like fun - how do you do this? David Scollard
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From: "Philip Forrest" <photo.forrest@earthlink.net>
To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 11:16 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] which medium format?


> You could also adapt any visoflex lenses to almost any 6x6 MF body with a
> shutter like I've done with my 135 Hektor on my Bronica.  Works 
> fabulously,
> better than the Nikkor 135 that I was using.
> Philip
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+photo.forrest=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+photo.forrest=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf
> Of Steve Barbour
> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 1:12 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: [Leica] which medium format?
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>> There's been plenty of talk about how cheap medium format stuff is
>> right now.
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>> What would you guys suggest as being the camera to get if starting
>> from scratch?
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> how about an M8...  ?
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> remember why we are here.... leica people all,  wedded to leicas,
> 35mm, small, lightweight, available darkness, great glass...
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> and all that...
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> we've got bodies, lenses out the "wazuuuuu".....
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> and people now seem to be interested in other..... 'cus it's
> cheap....  ??!
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> well, duhhhh, there's a reason for that...
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> you don't need to go back, to reinvent the wheel...
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> you can get an M8...
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> you don't know what to do with your money ?
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> ....send your $ to Tina, myself, others...
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> we are saving up for a second one...
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> :-)
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> Steve
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