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Subject: [Leica] 6x17 lust
From: leowesson at gmail.com (leo wesson)
Date: Sat Dec 27 06:50:25 2008
References: <7ac27f4f0812261510p77f7791ak7a5d6417057cdc52@mail.gmail.com> <3e7573d40812262045o4a15743er362d7b79945f3094@mail.gmail.com> <7A34E44A-D974-4BC9-A38B-B1E7977C806F@charter.net>

http://www.johnclearygallery.com/artists/phelps/artist.html

last i heard he was working with a fuji.

it's kinda funny how people change.  when he was my teacher, he didn't
photograph at all. guess that changed!

leo



On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 10:51 PM, Slobodan Dimitrov
<s.dimitrov@charter.net>wrote:

> Were the images by Phelps made with a Fuji 6x17?
> sd
>
>
>
> On Dec 26, 2008, at 8:45 PM, leo wesson wrote:
>
>  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
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Leo Wesson
>> Photographer/Videographer
>> 817.733.9157
>>
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Leo Wesson
Photographer/Videographer
817.733.9157

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