Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I thought about the 612 too, but since I do love my XPan, which is 1:2.7, I think I can be adjusted to the 1:2.83 with no problem. The Linhoff and the Horseman are still expensive. No one is really getting rid of theirs, so the prices stay high! On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:05 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>wrote: > My favorite format is 612. And they make a Fotoman 612. And someone was > selling one with a Rodenstock for less than a grand US. That would get me > shooting film and scanning it on a flatbed. I'd have a > 5.5 x 11 inch box made for prints. > Or 4.25 x 8.5 " > Both > > I like 612 better than 617 because its still a rectangle. You just don't > read the image from left to right or right to left. > I wish there was a defalt in the adobe camera raw interface to pick 1 over > 2 > with. As well as 2 over 3.24. > > They make a linhoff 612, a Horseman. And a few other options in View. > > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > > > From: Philip Forrest <photo.forrest at earthlink.net> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:24:50 -0400 > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] OMG, I bought a 617 camera!!! > > > > Wow, I overlooked those! > > > > Cant wait to see some photos! > > > > Phil Forrest > > > > > > On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:22:19 -0700 > > Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > > > >> Fotoman 617 with both 90mm and 180mm Nikkor! > >> > >> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 9:11 PM, Philip Forrest > >> <photo.forrest at earthlink.net > >>> wrote: > >> > >>> The Linhof or the Fuji? > >>> I've lusted after a Linhof 617 for over a decade. Have a few > >>> attempts at a homemade panoramic camera but the biggest I've gotten > >>> was 6x14. 6x17 is elusive! > >>> Enjoy! > >>> > >>> Phil "green with panoramic envy" Forrest > >>> > >>> > >>> On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:58:13 -0700 > >>> Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> 35mm: 2,5 x3.6 = 9 square cm > >>>> XPan: 2.5x6.6 = 17 square cm > >>>> 617: 6x17 = 102 square cm > >>>> > >>>> I think I will call it the Alaska Leica :-) > >>>> > >>>> (Alaska is more than twice the size of Texas) > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.com/blog/> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]