Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And there as the Leica Postal. 24x24mm. Made in small amounts with a special lens which was pre set to a few feet away... and. which I cant find on the internet so maybe I dreamt it. And LEICA 'VNIOO' 24X24MM NEGATIVE CARRIER FOR VALOY II & FOCOMAT On 7/21/14 12:59 PM, "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > They did make 24x24 and you can get a Zeiss Ikon Tenax II on eBay right > now, > but it only has the 2.8 Tessar and not the 2.0 Sonnar. It's hip to be > square.... > > Douglas > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 10:26 AM > Subject: Re: [Leica] Mamiya 6 > > >> If they made a 24x24mm format 35mm camera who knows how much more film >> would >> have been shot? >> Why not make a square format digital camera? Or one with that format in >> the >> options? I'd buy one! >> Its great to never have to turn your camera on its side. >> >> >> On 7/21/14 5:17 AM, "Chris Crawford" <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Richard. I am still shooting the Mamiya 6! I used it with the >>> 50mm >>> lens and Ilford Delta 3200 film at EI-1600 for this photo. That let me >>> handhold the shot; it was early evening and this is in the shade because >>> of the trees. The exposure was 1/30 at f11. >>> >>> The Mamiya 6 is wonderful. I have always loved 6x6; the square format >>> works for my work well (though I did crop this photo a bit on the sides), >>> but other 6x6 cameras I have used were not really handholdable. I had a >>> Mamiya C330f when I was younger, and shot my art school graduation >>> project >>> on it: >>> >>> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-results.php?category=60 >>> >>> Loved the image quality, and the fact that the camera and lenses were >>> inexpensive, but it was too heavy for me to hold, and using it on a >>> tripod >>> was a pain because of the waist level finder (I know they made a prism, >>> but I didn't have one...was a poor student then). I had to sell it after >>> college because I needed money. Later, I was able to get a Hasselblad. >>> Same problems, except I did have a prism for it, but the lenses were very >>> heavy. Sold it and got the Mamiya 6 a year and a half ago. >>> >>> Wish I'd just begun with the Mamiya 6, it is perfect. I had not shot a >>> single frame of 35mm film since getting it, until last week when I shot a >>> roll to use for a developing demonstration for someone who paid me to >>> teach her to develop film. The student (who is actually a high school art >>> teacher) shoots only 35, so I used it for my lesson. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photographer >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/