Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thats exactly what my Dad does! He's got a Graphic and an MPP 5x4 press. Uses a Schneider Xenon lens and usually works with the roll film backs (for cost and easier processing). He loves using them and the results are pretty good too. Reagards Edd >From: George Day <george@rdcinteractive.com> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Subject: Re: [Leica] MF Leica >Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 16:08:21 +0000 > >Well...there's always this trick: buy a Speed Graphic, or something like >that, and slap current Rodenstock or Schneider (I like rodenstock, for no >solid reason other than habit) on it and a roll-film or grafmatic back. >Presto. > >on 7/27/01 10:15 PM, Tom Finnegan at TomF@piengr.com wrote: > > > Before people get too excited, I believe that this is old news and Leica >has > > come out and said that Mr. Cohn's comments were misinterpreted and that >they > > have no plans to come out with a MF camera. Of course, that could just >be a > > cover-up. Maybe Mr. Cohn let slip some secret info and they really are > > coming out with MF. In either case it doesn't really matter to me since >I > > would never be able to afford it. > > > > The first time this went around I was envisioning something along the >lines > > of a Fuji 690 with interchangeable high speed lenses, or maybe an Alpa >with > > a Leica viewfinder/rangefinder. > > > > http://www.alpa.ch/alpa/index.html > > > > Tom Finnegan > > Seattle > > > > I guess I better start playing the Lotto just in case. > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp