Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The original Texas Leica is the one and only KE-4 (1) 70 mm Combat Camera, also known as Gulliver?s Contax - built by Graflex and designed by Hubert Nerwin, formerly of Zeiss Ikon. TLRs do not qualify, Leica or Leitz never built those. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner" <mark@rabinergroup.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 12:43 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Bronica 645 RF? >> > Although you are talking about a rangefinder camera here I still think > ironically if that's the word that the title of the "Texas Leica" belongs > to > the twin lens Rolleiflex. > Classic tenacious engineering and to an amazing extent equal to Leica's > and > exquisite German glass. > Zeiss, Leica, Schneider glass. I'm equally impressed with them all. > Unobtrusiveness to match or better Leica. > Quieter than a Leica. > It's the Leica ethos two and a quarter square. > You could get over exited and call it more Leica than a Leica. > I feel bad for any photo friend of mine who does not have a Rolleiflex. > A photo life with out one is beyond my comprehension. > Its just too great of a camera. > Bring just it to any situation and see which shots you miss. > If there's any way I can overstate this further please let me know. > > To me slicing Brownie film into 16 equal parts is too ideal. > I don't think the result as a fiber or inkjet huge print would be > noticeable > up close with a loupe. Cropped to equal each other or not so. > > Mark Rabiner > Photography > Portland Oregon > http://rabinergroup.com/ > >