Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I did almost buy one. But opted for a complete change from Hassy. The 40mm has no rise/fall/shift (this camera does both); zero. The 50 is only a wee bit. With the Alpa I use a 35mm large format lens (kind of) with shift for a FOV = ~18mm in MF terms. That's vertical and horizontal. Now that's what I call near/far ;-) BTW, great images Geoff! Doesn't matter what gear it was taken with. Bob On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:48 PM, Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>wrote: > I think Bob Adler was considering it at one point. From what I understand, > the only fly in the ointment is that some of the Zeiss lens are not made to > cover the large image circle required for shifting... > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 11:23 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Visitng my Leica dealer I met another M shooter I know. Today he was with > > Eric Owen, a local camera repairer specialising in mechanical medium > > format equipment and the inventor of the "Bendy Blad" My friend is now > the > > owner of the last one ever to be made. I understand that there are a > couple > > of dozen of these scattered around the world. > > This is a Hasselblad Flex body with a custom made attachment that > provides > > full rise/fall/tilt/shift etc in a body that can be used with his > PhaseOne > > digital back! So really a view camera in a tiny package. Gorgeous gadget > > and showing superb craftmanship. The book underneath contains amazing > > photos from Stavros Pippos, a South Australian landscape photographer. > Wide > > open lens and DoF from closest flower petal at the extreme corners to > > minute detail on the horizon. Amazing. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hoppyman/g/L1014827.jpg.html > > > > Cheers, > > Geoff > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Bob Adler Palo Alto, CA http://www.rgaphoto.com