Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard, I went from an 6x17 to a widelux to a xpan. the widelux was my favorite of the 3, but it was very undependable from a mechanical point of view. i'd kinda like to have one again. btw, you can easily handhold the fuji. one of my old teachers does some pretty nice work with that format.. http://brentphelps.com/portfolioslc.htm Leo On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Richard Man <richard.lists@gmail.com>wrote: > I have no budget right now, but looking at the XPan pics made me drool > after > this: > > < > > http://cgi.ebay.com/Fuji-GX617-Panoramic-Camera-Giant-XPan-BOXED-MINT_W0QQitemZ270320360174QQihZ017QQcategoryZ3351QQssPageNameZWD2VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em122 > > > > I know it will be VERY different from the XPan as the XPan is handheld > camera whereas 6x17 is get-a-sherpa camera, but oh man, the size of the > negatives..... > > Makes S2 looks like a half frame, and the Nikon FX a quarter frame and the > 4/3rd a... 16th frame. > > -- > // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com > // b: http://rfman.wordpress.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Leo Wesson Photographer/Videographer 817.733.9157