Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Mark, I think I have mentioned this previously. My late father-in-law had a small, upstairs on Main Street, studio in which he used an old, wooden 8x10 studio camera, fitted with a split 5x7 back, to shoot 3.5x5 portrait negatives. It paid the bills for several hard years, before he found something to provide a better income. Did you ever use a Packard Shutter? Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 9:09 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Another maybe not so stupid GH1 question >> I too, as a young lad with few bits of gear and lots of curiosity, >> hung an M2 with Visoflex on the back of a 4x5 camera (as well as, >> later, a Nikon F). I also built a zoom (two boxes which slid together >> on black velvet) 4x5 polaroid pinhole camera; and many other >> fascinating still image recording devices. >> >> I really believe that those sorts of excursions into making cameras >> out of odd bits and pieces gives us a useful, deeper feel for how it >> all works in these little auto everything, digital, computer imaging >> devises. Those entering the field with these new devices and dozens >> of menus may actually miss the obvious: aperture, shutter, focus, >> light sensitive plane, click - is all there really is under all the >> buttons and screens. >> >> More recently I still hang my M8/Viso, R8/DMR and 5D on my 4x5 Ultima >> to achieve shifts, swings and tilts. >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser > > > A PhotoFrame friend of mine whose dad was a photographer always shot with > a > Hasselblad mounted to the back of a view camera. > > > [Rabs] > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >