Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:01 PM 4/13/98 , Jeff wrote: >Just curious to know whether anyone has found that owning a Leica M and a >4x5 field camera--and nothing else--has proven to be a satisfying experience >for landscapes/nature (80%) and travel photography (20%) Well, I don't match that exactly, but I'm fairly close. I own 4x5 equipment (actually two cameras, only one of which gets steady use), and 35mm equipment including both an M6 and a lens complement (35, 50, 90 summicrons) as well as a selection of 35mm autofocus slr equipment. I'm pretty happy with that arrangement. I don't know about landscape/travel breakdown. Most anything done off a tripod gets done in 4x5. Things done very close or very far away get done with the SLR. The Leica and lenses live in a very small bag that goes with me virtually everywhere I go. I had intended to use it primarily for photographs of my children, but it seems to be turning into more of a visual diary, which I think is pretty nice. If I were going to sell something, I'd sell the little used camera of the two 4x5's first. Next would go the 35mm SLR gear. I would have to be in extremis before I parted with the heavily used 4x5 or the Leica gear. - -Paul