Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have used Foba stands and with geared Tripod heads shooting retail fashion at at their studio. I don't think I'll end up getting a stand but a gear head I may still get as there are more compact models out now for not huge money. I'd use them in the field for going landscapes or cityscapes. On 12/10/15 5:29 PM, "John McMaster" <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote: > And others of us stuck them (or sheet film) on Foba studio stands (way > better than tripods) with many flash units to compare with your > experiences... Or, dare I say it, shot hand held in good light.... > > john > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Rabiner > > Shooting hand held in 35mm format does not dumb down the results to the > extent that it doesn't matter much if you are using a cheap system or a > premium system. > But using a medium format camera hand held is a thing some think is crazy > like a nature landscape guy but a huge percentage of shots done with a > Hassy > or Mamiya were by people who never took their high speed strobe off the > camera and shot events or even used them in the studio with no tripod with > studio strobes. So the advantages of the large format were not lost to > camera shake or anything else. Its just you got flash pictures. > > On 12/10/15 4:16 PM, "John McMaster" <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote: > >> I have used RB/RZ, and owned/used most of Hasselblad V at one stage or >> another (F lenses and the 203 series and up are the exception) and had >> G1/G2 and lenses.... >> >> Now happy with Leica ;-) Just been reunited with my full kit and >> ancillaries (tripods, lesser used lenses etc), have to say that seeing >> all the bags, boxes and cases in one place looks a little excessive.... >> >> john >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bill Pearce >> >> I was once employeed by a large factory, nad the chief photographer >> required that we all use the company's RB67's. HAND HELD! the glass >> was in no way Zeiss. Later when I went out on my own, I jumped into >> blad gear with both feet. Still got it,can't bring myself to sell it, >> even though I'm mainly out of film. They are worth the money in every way. >> >> And when I had my brief flirtation with Contax g cameras, I used their >> zeiss lenses, manufactured by Kyocera under strict Zeiss supervision. >> I still miss those lenses, especially the 28. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mark Rabiner >> >> This is a culture which embraces safe mediocre bourgeois values and is >> put off by anything which results in excellence. And feels super >> threatened by a premium product to the extent that have have to come >> up with lame put downs on it. >> In the 90's if you wanted to get a premium product and do really >> quality commercial work you could get Zeiss for Hasselblad lenses >> which cost a decimal point over it competition which came on the scene >> late: Bronica, Mamiya, Pentax and people would say the quality of the >> Hassy glass made for negs which were "difficult to print". Which is >> blithering nonsense as we'd been making perfect images from Hassy >> Zeiss glass for decades which defined the decade in the commercial >> world.. And not that different from Leica in 35mm price wise and BS wise. >> People who are not in the mindset to invest in a premium product say >> "you'll never see the difference anyway" but then don't stop there >> they go on to say "getting quality that good presets problems". >> But then they're not trying to fool anybody they're just trying to >> change the subject. >> >> -- >> 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 -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/