Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Slobodan, > A friend, Ann Fishbein, uses a Plaubel Makina. While she decries it's > mechanical durability, as it's been in the shop a few times, she won't > switch to anything else. But then she trudges all over the world with > it, with her favorite being the parts of Russia that are more like the > third world. Certainly not the urban beating we would give it here. > Also, I believe it's the only f2.8 6x7 in past production. > She doesn't have a web site, but her photos on Russia with that Plaubel > are in the permanent collection at the Los Angeles Museum of Modern Art. > The ones I've seen rivalled anything that my Rollei could do. The one > thing it could do that my Rollei couldn't is fit in a jacket pocket. > Another friend who uses Fuji 6x9 rangefinders, normal and wide, has > produced, in my opinion, disappointing work with them. That work was > shown in the same museum's display on California Art from the last > century, 20th that is. They were enlarged to the point that the physical > limitations of the fuji optics became quite apparent, in color fidelity, > particularly in the greens, and the most obvious, poor resolution. > Needless to say he's work with his Leicas has always looked far superior > to me than his 6x9 work. Great info for me! I have been strongly considering a Fuji GW690 III, but it doesn't have a meter in it, and it's got a damn Fuji lense...so I've been very hesitant. I really do like folders...and the GS645 is great, but again, that damn Fuji lense... I appreciate the info on the Plaubel. I'll be looking for one, but they are going for a premium these days...seems like it's a collectors camera now. Damn. I still love my Leicas though ;-) Regards and Happy New Year, Austin - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html