Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Phil - the mamiya 6 and 7 are great cameras. I had the 7 and regret selling it. Lenses are wonderful - albeit slow at f/4. Operation is quick as is the focusing. Recently I came very close to getting it back or getting the 645RF but at the last minute made a lateral move to the Xpan. Lea on the list had a Mamiya 7 for sale but don't know if she does. ernie At 07:04 AM 2/11/03 -0600, you wrote: >What do you (and others) think about MF rangefinders such as the Mamiya >6 or 7. I've bought and sold old Bronica's for the same reason you >describe, and finally admitted that having a meter in the body is the >only way to get many shots. I also considered Fuji (no meter) and >Bronica RF645 (no used ones). I thought the Mamiya 6 would work like a >Leica M7 and would actually get used, then I'll thin out the old >dust-collectors (but just a bit). >Phil > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Simon Greenwood" <mail@simon.gs> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 4:42 AM >Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 with studio flash try out > > > > I sold my Hasselblad because I spent more time on the mechanics of >taking a > > picture than the composition itself. Whilst I had rasor sharp trannies >the > > pictures were not in themselves as good as those taken with my contax >tvs. > > > > A comparison of your excellent mac.com picture with the Hasselblad >portraits > > on your own website only confirm this for me. > > > > With the M6 the girls cheerfully alowed you to get in close and >remained > > relaxed because even at their age they realised it was not such a >serious > > shoot, just a bit of fun. I'm willing to bet that you looked a lot >more > > relaxed. > > > > My wife hated it when I got out the Hasselblad and my sister knew that >her > > children would have grown up and had children of their own before I >got the > > light reading, focus..etc.right! > > > > You have convinced me that I do not need to get another medium format >camera > > though naturally enough I will probably buy one, possibly by the end >of the > > month, use it solidly for a week, then put it away and get it out >periodicly > > to clean and admire. > > > > ;.) > > > > Simon G > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Simon Lamb" <simon@sclamb.com> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 1:43 AM > > Subject: [Leica] M6 with studio flash try out > > > > > > > Spurred on by an image I saw a while back created by Mark Rabiner >with his > > > M6 using studio flash, I tried using my M6 with some Multiblitz >flashes at > > > the weekend. Here is a resultant image: > > > > > > http://homepage.mac.com/sclamb/PhotoAlbum8.html > > > > > > I have never really considered using the M6 before but, with the >results > > > that I achieved, especially using the 90mm APO ASPH (which this >image was > > > taken with), I may start using it a lot more. It is certainly >easier to > > > handle that an SLR or the Hasselblad, and the image quality of the >12"X8" > > > print that I made isn't far short of the quality I get from the >Hasselblad > > > either. > > > > > > Thanks Mark for planting the seed. > > > > > > Simon > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, see >http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see >http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html