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Subject: [Leica] Obscura 4x5 Piccolino
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:42:43 -0500
References: <7ac27f4f0909231930x60860407t9e44d1cfe5fdc6fa@mail.gmail.com> <EB5D8222F1864A2FA3F488C00ED60465@jimnichols> <4ABAC8FF.16250.105C629@leica.rcmckee.com> <7ac27f4f0909240017j5fb3655fn3738e8d32f7fa4d5@mail.gmail.com>

The Piccolino does seem to offer a helical option.

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George Lottermoser
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On Sep 24, 2009, at 2:17 AM, Richard Man wrote:

> Ah, I didn't realize you can't focus at all. Never mind then! :-)
>
> I am looking at a Razzle but the waiting list is ... long.
>
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:18 PM, R. Clayton McKee  
> <leica at rcmckee.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Looking at this obscura, though, I think this one's asking for
>> something on the order of a 65 or 90 mm, stopped down to effectively
>> a hyperfocal setting.  Basically it's a pinhole 4x5 with optics, so
>> less distortion and a more even light distribution in the camera.
>>
>> Probably produces pretty decent images, but it's almost a 4x5 box
>> brownie.  Better suited to artists and artistes.--
>>
>
>
>
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