Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]2001-08-01-22:10:26 Mark Rabiner: > Frankly i find it astounding that so many of the best people find acreage on the > light table so crucial to how their work goes over to the extent that they would > use such a clunky piece of trash as a Mamiya 67 RB or RZ. Those are big and huge and it's hard to imagine using one anywhere but bolted to a tripod in a studio. But the Mamiya "Texas Leica"s -- the 6 and now 7 -- they're a pleasing package. Except -- I never seem to take as good pictures with one as with a Leica. Is it just a question of needing more practice, but I don't gravitate to the Mamiya because I don't do so well with it and I don't do so well with it because I don't use it so much? Or is it that it's just that little bit more clunky to use? I know I resent the lack of f/1.4 (or even f/2.0, or 2.8) lenses; but when I happen to "hit" with a 6x7cm hunk of silver-rich B&W film, the result is really pleasing. But I don't hit so much. O Bother.