Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks to everyone for commenting. Recent talk had me thinking about a medium format camera, something I have not had since the late '60s (Yashica-Mat). All the thoughts have helped me think in ways that I would not necessarily have gone. It's expanded my horizon--just as I hoped. Thanks again. Happy to hear more. Ric Carter http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/ On Feb 26, 2007, at 9:30 AM, Frank Filippone wrote: > It has a lot to do with where you live.... Here in the US, there > are a lot of JOBO processors. While factory support may be gone, > there are a lot of old processors still around. I can always buy > another used one. Probably OK for the foreseeable future. If > worse came to worse, I can use SS tanks and a little mixology with > the Photographers formulary. That will see me through. > > On the Hasselblad front, I really like my 201, but I realize it is > not long in the support department for the reasons you stated. > Here, Hasselblad service on all the 200 series was done only at the > factory. The independent never signed onto the repair of 200 > series cameras. > > Now a landscape workshop with Barnbaum sounds like more than > fun.... I have always wanted to take a workshop from him.. I have > done > Sexton, one of his buddies, and I am working towards McSavveney, > another compatriot ( who has his studio here in LA ). > > Have fun, and do not allow yourself to think digital is better..... > or quicker. It is only different. > > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > I'm off to Tasmania in 3 weeks to do a b/w landscape workshop with > Richard > White and Bruce Barnbaum. I'm working like a devil to be ready and > to try > to improve my printing, BUT it is obvious to me that if I really > wanted to > get prints like those guys, a cheque and a little help from Epson > would > speed me past the post ;-) > > Cheers > > Alastair > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information