Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As a photographer who grew up in a studio where we had lenses of many different focal lengths, and cameras of all formats; the whole format thing never bothered me. We put 4x5 and 5x7 backs on 8x10 cameras. Roll film backs on 4x5 cameras. 35mm and digital bodies on bellows with enlarging lenses. What ever it takes to accomplish the vision or find a new one. Right now I've got a Canon 5D sitting on my desk with a Hasselbad 80 planar attached to it. And an the M8 with viso and bellows with a nikkor enlarging lens - see today's <http://www.imagist.com/blog> for results. I've always enjoyed playing with different glass on various formats, slow, fast, b&w, or IR films, chips and what ever. I've exposed printing out paper in cameras, used paper negatives and contact printed them "wet." It's all photography. It's all wonderful and full of potentially beautiful surprises. Camera / lens systems are great. I'll never sell my M6TTL. The Leica M lenses can always fill it's negatives to their full useable circles; just as the two R8's can give me a full 35mm negatives, transparencies, or the DMR chip to capture my world in images ? as required or desired. Adapters which allow different systems to interact with each other make the optical possibilities even more wonderful. I can even hang my R8's on 4x5 if I want some view camera movements. Imagine! Yes, indeed! Do! On Jan 22, 2008, at 4:00 PM, Walt Johnson wrote: > Imagine spending $$$ on lenses designed to cover a 24x36 mm format > and sticking them on something else. Fond regards, George george@imagist.com www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07