Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have to agree with everthing that has been said about LF. Ever since I got a speed graphic at a flea market. I have had the bug. I now have a Calumet 8x10 field camera and it is great. My friends have even said to me that I have stopped talking so much about Leicas. I have all Linhof lenses on the speed, I am fortunate. But the 8x10 is something to behold, it is like watching television. I find it so easy to compose the image and see all the little details, things that get missed on 35mm or medium format. LF has opened my eyes to Black and white, which I have not shot in 20 years. I have gotten so swept up in this whole thing that I have started photography classes so I can have a better understanding of the technical aspects. And finally learn the zone system. While there is nothing that will ever cause me to get rid of the M's and the R's Leicas, I see that I will be spending a lot of time working with the big negs, just because it is so satisfying. Some folks take pictures because it pays them, others because they want to, I do it because I have a real need to create. Other things, in my life, have come and gone (including wives) but Photography is here to stay. John