Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/02

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Subject: [Leica] German interview with Che Guevara photographer
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (slobodan dimitrov)
Date: Mon Jun 2 17:41:25 2008
References: <C46A068A.B8D9%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Try 4x5 lenses!
Although the really exotic stuff is still claiming arms and legs.
s.d.

On Jun 2, 2008, at 5:20 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:

> Other than Hassy glass the best deal in glass today is enlarging  
> lenses.
> 333 dollar glass now gets sold for 33.3 usd.
> And most that stuff is usably with a Viso and bellows from all I  
> can tell.
>
> ....................
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>> From: Bob Adler <rgacpa@yahoo.com>
>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 16:19:10 -0700 (PDT)
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] German interview with Che Guevara photographer
>>
>> I looked at this before (75 Rodagon). Had questioned whether an  
>> enlarging lens
>> would be optimal.
>> I'll try it out with the M8 and let you know/see....
>> Thanks,
>> Bob
>>  Bob Adler
>> Palo Alto, CA
>> http://www.raflexions.com
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com>
>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Monday, June 2, 2008 4:00:39 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] German interview with Che Guevara photographer
>>
>> My 135mm f4.5 Hektor head works on it till infinity.
>> And that's a long ways away.
>>
>> A 75mm f4 Apo Rodagon works with it optimized for 1:1
>> Or 0.7x-1.3x to be exact
>>
>> And other of my Nikkor enlarging lenses have worked.
>>
>> An M8 would be a boom for the use of this stuff I've long said.
>>
>>
>>
>> ....................
>> Mark William Rabiner
>>
>>
>>
>>> From: Bob Adler <rgacpa@yahoo.com>
>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>> Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 15:49:25 -0700 (PDT)
>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] German interview with Che Guevara photographer
>>>
>>> Pray tell what you use it with (which lenses?),  and what for. I  
>>> find mine
>>> only useful for macro (when I say "only", I don't mean it in a  
>>> negative way;
>>> I
>>> love doing macro with it!). Primarly Visoflex III with 135 or 90  
>>> M-bayonet
>>> mount. Haven't found many other applications...
>>> Thanks,
>>> Bob
>>>  Bob Adler
>>> Palo Alto, CA
>>> http://www.raflexions.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabinergroup.com>
>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, June 2, 2008 3:40:01 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] German interview with Che Guevara photographer
>>>
>>> Yes me too I love mine.
>>>
>>> ....................
>>> Mark William Rabiner
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> From: Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com>
>>>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>>> Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:27:33 -0500
>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] German interview with Che Guevara photographer
>>>>
>>>> Don't know if you intended this with a smiley or tongue-in-cheek
>>>> but
>>>> I find my visoflex III elegant, justified, light weight, useable  
>>>> and
>>>> versatile.
>>>>
>>>> Fond regards,
>>>> George
>>>> george@imagist.com
>>>> www.imagist.com
>>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>>>> Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 2, 2008, at 1:24 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> A device which has been proven on the LUG by our in house  
>>>>> experts to
>>>>> be completely unwieldy, unjustified and unusable.
>>>>
>>>>
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