Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/24

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Subject: [Leica] Obscura 4x5 Piccolino
From: amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:06:46 -0500 (CDT)

On Thu, 24 Sep 2009  George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com>
Subject: Re: [Leica] Obscura 4x5 Piccolino

>My 135 f:3.5 xenotar
>ranks as best
>environmental portrait lens
>for 4x5
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George, someday you'll have to see the 12.5 cm f/2 Xenon that I can
fit on my Speed Graphic.  Sort of a 4x5 Noct.  It's a weird lens, with no
marked f/stops, just a movable pointer connected to the diaphragm.


Alan

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UPAA POY 1978
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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