Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/07/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a Mamiya 7 and it has the highest quality to weight ratio of any camera I know. Crucial when fell walking. A Rolleiflex/cord is the only competition but fixed lens. Frank --- Philip Forrest <photo.forrest@earthlink.net> wrote: > The one main thing that the Fuji has over any 35mm > camera system is > surface area. The tonality which comes from 6x9 > negatives is so rich > and the lack of grain if enlarging to the same sizes > as the 35mm > camera. > Different tools for different jobs though. > I won't be carrying the Fuji around on a daily > basis, but I will be > using it far more than my old Bronica 6x6 (almost > the size of > a Mamiya RB67) which was relegated to studio use > mostly. I love the > idea of having a very portable, high quality medium > format camera which > I can take with me and shoot daily. The Fuji 690 is > certainly not in > this class but there are others... > Thanks > Phil Forrest > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > more information >