Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> This is the classical but fallacious response when one tries to > document the optical quality of Leica lenses and their capacity for > high image quality. Indeed. Comparisons between formats are silly, and I've made the same silly comparison in the past. There are things you can do with larger formats; the tilts and shifts available in a 4x5, the larger print sizes, etc. that are impossible with a Leica. But these are at the cost of portability and hand-holdability. I can get astonishing "apparent" depth of field with my 4x5 and 210mm lens shooting a landscape. But it takes a minimum of 10 minutes to set up the shot, (usually more like 20). Try hand-holding a Wisner Classic! Peter Jon White Peter White Cycles 666 Mass Ave Acton, MA 01720 978 635 0969 Voice 978 929 9654 Fax http://www.PeterWhiteCycles.com mailto:Peter@PeterWhiteCycles.com