Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/23

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Subject: [Leica] Re:M8 sighting now how many retinas equal a busch pressman
From: henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)
Date: Wed Jan 23 08:24:54 2008
References: <19B72D38-07F4-49F1-AE01-459DCBD38508@charter.net> <47961415.20009@waltjohnson.com> <BF57158F-13FD-491F-8CD6-23241AAEFFB6@mac.com> <47962C5F.9070207@waltjohnson.com> <5F937C58-2C9D-4837-8F52-BF021DDDB8E7@mac.com> <00d201c85d28$f18db490$0202a8c0@MacPhisto> <3B791B6F-6AA1-454C-9978-E869F6391286@mac.com> <67CC0163-222D-4E08-A279-3AD84F1AD500@mac.com> <47966798.7020802@waltjohnson.com> <2E16D912-E20E-46E7-9D6B-BE264D15283C@mac.com> <47968C74.20707@waltjohnson.com> <p06230902c3bc40d9ddf8@[10.1.16.134]> <4797492F.40106@waltjohnson.com>

Just possibly, my message contained the phrase "Most of the older 
Leica lenses 135mm and longer"....

Walt, if you're going to be obtuse you have to work a bit harder at 
the ingenious bit.

Of course you may put a 28 Elmarit on a Speed Graphic. You may put it 
on top, front, side, back or underneath. As you wish. Don't say I 
didn't warn you. :-)


At 9:03 AM -0500 1/23/08, Walt Johnson wrote:
>Henning
>
>I'm going to Orlando today looking for a camera bag. Maybe I'll pick 
>up a 4x5 while there. Can you image the results from putting my 28 
>Elmarit on a Speed Graphic? Heck, could shoot what's in from of me 
>and behind me at the same time. :-)
>
>Walt
>
>Henning Wulff wrote:
>>  At 7:38 PM -0500 1/22/08, Walt Johnson wrote:
>>>  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.
>>
>>
>>
>>  Nope. No falloff. Most of the older Leica lenses 135mm and longer 
>>cover 6x6 just fine, with no falloff.
>>
>>  And of course most 'large format' lenses come with no format 
>>attached. A 120 SW Nikkor makes a fine 4x5 lens with lots of 
>>movements but will also cover 8x10 with virtually no movements.
>>
>>
>>
>>  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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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