Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> >1: Deardorf 5x7 > >2: F5 > >3: Canon EOS-3 (just came out! And no R8? Something's wrong here...) > >4: Rolleiflex 6008 > >5: A "G8" flatbed camera - whatever that is. > >6: Leica M6 TTL > >7: A monorail view camera (too many close together to single one out? > Cowards!) > >8: (Tie with 9) Mamiya RZ67 Pro II > >9: (Tie with 8) Mamiya 7 > >10: Hasselblad 503CW with CW Winder > >11: Contax G2 (Give me a break!) > >12: Wista 45 DXII > >13: Pentax 645N > >14: Hasselblad Xpan > >15: Nikon N90s > >16: Minolta Maxxum 9 (the new pro camera just introduced - Hey, basis for > >an R9? It's got stuff the F5 and EOS1n don't have!) > >17: Tachihara 4x5 (tie with 18) > >18: Calumet Wood Field > >19: Fujica GA 645 Professional > >20: Minolta HTsi > >21: Pentax 67 > >22: Seagull WWSC-120 TLR > >23: Canon ELPH > >24: Nikon Coolpix 900 > >25: Olympus Stylus Epic. > > >A Deardorf 5x7 is a nobel thought but on second thought a little unclear as it is my understanding that a standard 4x5 deardorf can just change a back to shoot 5x7, the bellows and everything else is big enoug...and roomy for a 4x5 which is good for flare control. The G8 is probably the fuji 6x8 which is a great format: as in: Academy Aspect invented by Edison, Video: most 16 mm film. Putting the Hasselblad halfway down the list behind two Mamiya's takes all credibility away from the list. and no Linhoff!!