Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/10

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Subject: Re: OT Re: [Leica] Littman 4x5 single (the Texas Leica)
From: Pat Perez <pat@patperez.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 08:41:48 -0800 (PST)

Well, I did notice that it has those, and I really do
think it is an interesting camera. I was just teasing
about the TX Leica bit, if only because so many
cameras are called that (Fuji 6x9, Mamiya 7 etc). It
almost seems like musicians who claim to be 'the fifth
Beatle'. Although 4x5 is bigger than I can use, the
Littman seems like a very good tool for it's target
audience.

Pat
- --- John Collier <jbcollier@shaw.ca> wrote:
> You seem to be missing the fact that the Littman 4x5
> has a parallax 
> correcting viewfinder with a coupled rangefinder
> just like a Leica M.
> 
> John Collier
> 
> On Monday, December 9, 2002, at 10:01 PM, Henning
> Wulff wrote:
> 
> > At 2:11 PM -0800 12/9/02, Pat Perez wrote:
> >> Looks like a fun camera.
> >>
> >> But if that is the Texas Leica, then I guess the
> >> Alaska Leica is the Granview
> >>
> >> http://www.granview.com/8x10C.html
> >>
> >> And I suppose that makes my Brooks Veriwide the
> Texas
> >> Hologon <g>
> >>
> >
> > As the Veriwide is neither that wide, nor produces
> LF negs, a better 
> > candidate is probably something like the Cambo DS:
> > http://www.cambo.com/capages/wideds.html
> >
> > I've used a couple of its ancestors for 25 years,
> with 35mm, 47mm and 
> > 65mm lenses. It can be a bit of a scary snapshot
> camera, but it works 
> > well.
> >
> > Henning J. Wulff
> 
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