Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Any 2 and a 1/4 square camera a Rolleiflex or old Hasselblad would be twice the frame size of the S2 only shooting film instead of just a capture area. There does not seem to be a medium format system like the traditional Hasselblad in which a digital back you'd get for it is very close at all to 2 1/4 square. Though some are hyped as "full frame" digital. Referring to full frame 645 not 6x6. And not even that. 6x6 = 2 and a 1/4 square Its 6 cm Mark William Rabiner > From: Richard Man <richard.lists@gmail.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:10:51 -0800 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] 6x17 lust > > 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_W0QQitem > Z270320360174QQihZ017QQcategoryZ3351QQssPageNameZWD2VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemQQ_tr > ksidZp1638Q2em122 >> > > 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