Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am going to be there as usual :-) Nathan On 8-mei-2008, at 15:48, Howard Cummer wrote: > Hi Luggers, > One time lugger, Ray Tai, now participating, I think, at the > Rangefinder forum, has used some Leica R lens on the Hasselblad > Xpan ( 24mm X 65mm). None of them have an image circle to cover > 65mm but the 35 Curtagon comes closest. Ray noted that there was > very little fall off at the edge of the R lenses' image circles > (like the R28) and he thought that some older style lenses had > larger image circles than some of the later models. Leica needs > something to differentiate it from the excellent DSLRs from Canon > Nikon and others and going to a square format - no more vertical > and horizontal shots - like a mini Hasselblad - could be a way to > do it. I wouldn't be at all surprised if they go square format - > reinventing the 35mm format which Oskar Barnack is credited with > starting (even if he wasn't first). Older lenses, if they do have a > larger image circle might become sought after and suddenly more > valuable. I am keeping mine. Look at what has happened to the price > of Visoflexes with the M8. Photokina is going to be very > interesting. I am going and hope to lay hands on an R10. Anybody > else going to be there?? > Cheers, > Howard > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Book: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/128276 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog