Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dave, At 05:55 PM 5/7/01 -0500, you wrote: >using my Leica's, but those 2 1/4 chromes are a hard act to follow. I just I know what you mean. We went to Sweden in 1986 to visit my wife's relatives. I took a Leica R4 and 50/2.0 and Hasselblad with an 80/2.8 and shot up a lot of slide film. I had a Hasselbald projector at the time and the 2 1/4 just blew me away, however, the Leica 35mm on Kodachrome weren't all that far behind. I finally sold the Hassy stuff. If you have the equipment for projecting the 2 1/4 and don't mind the bother and expense of glass mounting them I can only imagine the shots you would get of the Grand Canyon. At one time I took a bunch of companion shots with these cameras using 35mm and 2 1/4 Kodachrome (when Kodak used to make it). Interestingly on a 70 x 70 matt screen with the Leica projector and Hassy projector I didn't see better small detail with the 2 1/4 than with the 35mm. (All on a tripod) However, the color saturation of the 2 1/4 gave a much richer slide. I haven't used Velvia but you should get great saturation with it with the M3. Have fun. Dick