Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]InfinityDT@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 9/7/99 3:24:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > mrabiner@concentric.net writes: > > << I'm sure if Hasselblad made a 6 by 7 Anne and Herb would use > it. They're not fools. We need to keep in mind that 6 by 7 looks a whole lot > bigger on the light table than 6 by 6 >> > > I have a Hasselblad but almost never use it anymore since I picked up a > Horseman VH-R . Imagine a 6x9cm Leica M (coupled rangefinder, multi-frame ><Snip> As a Leica user that camera feels very natural to me. I use it for > landscapes but it could easily be used handheld...something that can't be > said for the Blad or the RB. A Blad is a 3.25 inch cube. Half the size of a stupid Rb and twice as elegant. On several occasions I've walked around with one in a small bag all day. An 80 mm lens and a folding finder. Meter-crank. Handy dandy. Often seen in the hands of underage undernourished overnicotined fashion models. Mark Rabiner