Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/31

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica User wanting feedback on MF camera
From: Ken Wilcox <klw.51@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 15:51:33 -0400
References: <B91D3BFB.22B63%ssherman@shermanphoto.com> <3CF7CA37.E1B0826B@markrabiner.com>

Mark,

I sure like mine for shooting panoramas on 35mm film.

Ken Wilcox

At 12:08 PM -0700 5/31/02, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>
>Companion?
>	companion for what?
>
>I can't see why 8x10's and 11x14's require that kind of real estate.
>Subject matter?
>Even fast film in 35mm makes for grainless sharp and beautiful prints
>these sizes.
>And OF what? hand held? Tripod?
>
>The kind of grab shooting Leica is known for is not going to happen with
>the Mamiya 7.
>Not enough depth of field.
>And i understand there are close focusing issues.
>
>I could see using it on road trips with a tripod to make very large
>prints of high quality.
>
>But it would not be stared in the same part of my trunk as my Leica's.
>(They'd probably fight)
>
>But it least it's a rangefinder camera.
>Unlike the Contax 645 or the Mamiya 645 AF(D) which have nothing at all
>to do with Leica in any stretch of the imagination… 
>
>
>
>Mark Rabiner
>Portland, Oregon USA
>http://www.markrabiner.com
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In reply to: Message from StephenSherman <ssherman@shermanphoto.com> (Re: [Leica] Leica User wanting feedback on MF camera)
Message from Mark Rabiner <mark@markrabiner.com> (Re: [Leica] Leica User wanting feedback on MF camera)