Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]the 90 is a great lens on the Xpan set to 35mm film usage, but its true, this was a Leica shot. I have some lovely Xpan scenes of the mountains, but at the moment, you will have to come to Ballarat to see them on the wall: all darkroom printed ;-) Alastair > Well seen but was it really the Xpan ? > Looks like a short tele > 5.6 to me > ph > > Le 16 avr. 11 ? 11:18, afirkin at afirkin.com a ?crit : > >> >>> The 'blad and a digital back is a huge system. Once you do that and >>> put >>> everything on a tripod, then sooner or later (well for me anyway), >>> then >>> you >>> said, "gee, may as well go with a REAL camera system with >>> movements..." >>> >>> That road lies madness, I tell ya. But still, ... >>> >>> OTOH, when I am climbing rocks and cliffs, it sure is nice to hang >>> the >>> XPan >>> off the neck, and 2 lens on a "fanny pack." Do that with a 4x5!! >> >> You are probably right, but carrying a 4x5 senor would be hard work >> on the >> hip pocket ;-) >> >> All cameras have faults and benefits: I love my Xpan, but taking it >> means >> carrying a whole other system and film. >> >> It was great in NEPAL >> >> http://tinyurl.com/65wj4e2 >> >> Cheers >> >> Alastair >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >