Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 11/21/04 6:14 PM, "Dan C" <bladman99@yahoo.ca> typed: > I understand what you are trying to say, that if the ultimate collectable > is a tool, then it should be used as a tool, otherwise, it is no longer the > tool that is coveted by the collectors. But it's what the tool represents, > not the fact that the collectable itself is a tool. > > Why on earth would you want to buy a 24x34mm camera to USE? There are a > million and one perfectly good used cameras out there, why would you go out > of your way to locate and try and buy THIS particular one? To spit in > the eye of collectors everywhere? Isn't that also kind of weird? > > -dan c. > It was being sold at a camera repair shop 3 blocks from my down town photo studio for a couple a hundred bucks. I often feel the 2 over 3 format to be a semi panoramic. Not formal enough. It would be switching from your 6x9 back to use your 6x7 back. I bet 6x7 backs are lot more popular than 6x9 backs. I bet they are! And for that reason. I'd also love a 24x24 robot square format 35mm camera body. Leica, Nikon, Olympus or otherwise. Leica would be the best I guess. And also love half frame. 18x24. Which is darn close to APS-2 size with a ton of glass being designed for that image circle. I want a film body for that glass. The 1.5 mag stuff. Film has come that far with tab grain films and non, Xtol and otherwise. Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon http://rabinergroup.com/