Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hasselblad Arc Body http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/hasselblad/cameras/hasselmodels/models/arcview.htm http://tinyurl.com/cjmb3 usually pricey Scott McLoughlin wrote: > This camera looks pretty cool. I don't know if I'd want movements > and such to shoot so "carefully" with 135 format film. > > Any similar view camera beasts made for 120 film? I've been looking > for a MF camera. RZ67 has bellows extension and a nice big negative, > but it's a big and heavy beast. SL66 looks interesting and has a bellows > as well, but pricey even on the used market. > > Maybe a "baby" Linhoff? > > Scott > > George Lottermoser wrote: > > >>From: "David Rodgers" <drodgers@casefarms.com> > >>Subject: RE: [Leica] cutest camera ever > >> > >> > > > > > > > >>A) why anyone would ever build a 35mm view camera (I'm holding out for > >> > >> > > > >One of the (many) things that fascinates me about photography: One can > >make a photographic image with almost anything; as long as you have a > >pin hole or lens, a light sensitive surface to project the image on, and > >total darkness between the two. From this basic premise folks have > >contrived all manner of hardware to gain control over the various > >relationships between those two basic elements (lens, light sensitive > >surface) - from tiny spy cameras to huge view cameras. Here we have an > >opportunity to see someone's idea that swings, tilts, shifts, rises, and > >falls had some application to a 35mm frame, apparently extremely well > >crafted. You can find contemporary hardware (at $2k) which provides some > >of these movements for your digital SLR of choice: see > ><http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details > >&Q=&sku=138111&is=REG&addedTroughType=search>. > >Why? Only the creators, marketers and buyers know for sure. > > > > > > > >>B) how in the world you stumbled onto it on ebay! > >> > >> > > > >I have an ongoing e**y search of "view camera" just to see what comes up > >in the way of old, simple and eclectic photo gear. Amazing (to me) > >things appear in that search. > > > >regards, George > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information