Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/09
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Mark Rabiner wrote:
> Jonathan Borden wrote:
> ><Snip>
> > Ok Mark, you are getting me started ... I've decided to start with a
> > Crown Graphic 4x5 (the darkroom I use is equiped for 4x5
enlargements)... I
> > expect to get into this for a few hundred bucks...
>
> Thanks but what lens? My 127 Ektar on my speed graphic is 5 leagues down
from my
> 210 Fujinon on my Cambo.
There is a Linhof Kardan Color sans lens for $460 which is available ...
but I assume that any lens can be attached to a Crown Graphic as well. So
assuming a Crown Graphic is say $200-250? What would be the advantage of a
'higher end' 4x5 like the Cambo or Linhof except more movements? Which is a
better deal for a 4x5 neophyte?
> If I had a decent lens for that
> speed graphic I would take it out and shoot with it. It looks great on the
> shelf. A black leather box. Makes me feel like a real photographer when I
look
> in my camera closet!
Can't you fit the 210 Fujinon to the Speed Graphic, isn't is a matter of
mounting it on a lens board??
> Any of my smaller format cameras resolve better then the 127 Ektar on my
speed
> graphic. But the 210 Fujinon for 4x5 is my high end but I almost never
feel I
> need it. I shamefully use it once a year.
This is the whole point isn't it! You can't take great pictures unless
you shoot film, grain be damned.
Jonathan Borden