[Leica] Hasselblad point and shoot thinks its an Alpa

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

Thanks Mark "feed Ken's family" Rabs

Yes, I saw that. Two stitches and you can get something like 6x12 ratio,
which is pano enough for me most of the time.



On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:

> You'll want to check out this to feed my growing family:
> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=70628.0
>
> Mark William Rabiner
> Photography
>
>
> > From: Richard Man <richard at richardmanphoto.com>
> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:04:47 -0700
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Hasselblad point and shoot thinks its an Alpa
> >
> > Actually, what's really tempting, if I have the money, is the Arca-Swiss
> > "Factum." Basically, a small "techcam" that includes tilt and shift in
> the
> > body so all lens are supported to tilt and shift, just like a mini-view
> > camera.
> >
> > So in this Photokina, looks like Leica hits a home run on the M front, or
> > at least sufficient to keep people interested and buying.
> >
> > Canon released ho hum, ditto Nikon. Well $2100 for a full frame dSLR is
> > nice, but...
> >
> > MF DLR manufacturers (Hassy, Phase One and even Leica) pretty much
> > retrenched and not innovating much. The writing could be on the wall that
> > the D800/e are eating their lunches.
> >
> > All 3 Techcam companies introduce something compelling, but I guess it's
> > relatively easy to do when the camera is just a finely machined frame :-)
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Henning Wulff <henningw at 
> > archiphoto.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Those Hasselblad things are a truly ugly joke. They make things like the
> >> various Leica Special Editions look like the epitome of restraint, taste
> >> and value. On the other hand, the Alpas are for real, and can do things
> no
> >> other cameras can.
> >>
> >> See: http://www.alpa.ch/en/microsites/alpa_12_fps.html
> >>
> >> With this, you can put a Canon 17mm TS-E lens in front of an 80Mp MF
> >> digital back and still have shift capability left over! No other camera,
> >> and certainly no Hasselblad can touch that.
> >>
> >> If I was still doing a lot of well paying architectural jobs, I'd be all
> >> over that item.
> >>
> >> Henning
> >>
> >>
> >> On 2012-09-18, at 3:26 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
> >>
> >>> For only 5000 euros = 6518.0000 US dollars you can get in the next
> months
> >>> announced for Photokina a 1.5x crop APS-C 24.3 megapixel Hasselblad
> >>> mirrorless with little wood side grip pieces which enable you to spend
> >> even
> >>> more money like buying a modern Alpa only not super high quality - the
> >>> opposite.
> >>> I wonder if they'll have the see though Plexiglas grip? That would be
> >>> groovy.
> >>> Its called a Hasselblad Luna but its designed to be used on earth.
> >>> Wood cameras on the moon? One must make ones imagination take a giant
> >> leap.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Mark William Rabiner
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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> >>
> >> Henning Wulff
> >> henningw at archiphoto.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >
> >
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