Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/24

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Subject: [Leica] Obscura 4x5 Piccolino
From: richard.lists at gmail.com (Richard Man)
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:17:44 -0700
References: <7ac27f4f0909231930x60860407t9e44d1cfe5fdc6fa@mail.gmail.com> <EB5D8222F1864A2FA3F488C00ED60465@jimnichols> <4ABAC8FF.16250.105C629@leica.rcmckee.com>
 
Ah, I didn't realize you can't focus at all. Never mind then! :-)

I am looking at a Razzle but the waiting list is ... long.

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:18 PM, R. Clayton McKee <leica at rcmckee.com> 
wrote:
>
>
> Looking at this obscura, though, I think this one's asking for
> something on the order of a 65 or 90 mm, stopped down to effectively
> a hyperfocal setting. ?Basically it's a pinhole 4x5 with optics, so
> less distortion and a more even light distribution in the camera.
>
> Probably produces pretty decent images, but it's almost a 4x5 box
> brownie. ?Better suited to artists and artistes.--
>



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