Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, can cerainly see that. A 4x5/5x7 back on an 8x10 camera. Reversing that trend might give less than optimal results, even with Leica glass. . What was mentioned by Doug included a 35mm lens on a MF camera. Talk about falloff. It would make a 50 year old Summicron look good shooting into the sun. Anyway, I'm still lusting after the C3 carried by Diane Arbus.. Lottermoser George wrote: > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >