Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm sure Reggie has a few FF 5D's also as do many Canon user wedding photographers that I know of. The Nikon D3 has the ability to shoot full frame(FX) or 1.5x(DX) or even 5:4 image sizes. I'll end this stupid debate now and get back to scanning dusty 24x24 Leica Barnack negatives. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:OT: Nikon D3 wedding photographer tests > > My output was 8x10's mainly black and white. > A half frame camera can make ok 8x10's I could have used my Pen Ft. > > But the Hassy camera with its interchangeable backs and the square formant > just seems to work well for such stuff. It was overkill but it was handing > and had authority. > And people felt comfortable around it in such situations. > Those days it was THE wedding camera and I think for good reason. > > I used to shoot them with Nikons and just use the Hassy for the formal > shots. > But I found that just to use them for everything was the way to go for me. > > > I see Dennis Reggie thought of as the numero uno wedding guy who used the > square format in the film era uses a 1.3 crop EOS-1D now. > There's no need for full frame digital for a wedding. > > Mark William Rabiner > rabinergroup.com