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Subject: [Leica] IMG: NYC this weekend on 6x9
From: frank.dernie at btinternet.com (FRANK DERNIE)
Date: Tue Jul 15 09:17:59 2008

I have a Mamiya 7 and it has the highest quality to
weight ratio of any camera I know.
Crucial when fell walking. A Rolleiflex/cord is the
only competition but fixed lens.
Frank

--- Philip Forrest <photo.forrest@earthlink.net>
wrote:

> The one main thing that the Fuji has over any 35mm
> camera system is
> surface area. The tonality which comes from 6x9
> negatives is so rich
> and the lack of grain if enlarging to the same sizes
> as the 35mm
> camera. 
> Different tools for different jobs though. 
> I won't be carrying the Fuji around on a daily
> basis, but I will be
> using it far more than my old Bronica 6x6 (almost
> the size of
> a Mamiya RB67) which was relegated to studio use
> mostly. I love the
> idea of having a very portable, high quality medium
> format camera which
> I can take with me and shoot daily. The Fuji 690 is
> certainly not in
> this class but there are others...
> Thanks
> Phil Forrest
> 
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