Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I love 4:3 for event work, but for fine art / landscape, I am just seeing XPan (1:2.7) all the time when I am out in the field. I shot with the Mamiya 7II for a year (6x7) but it's just too square for me for that purpose. As much as I love the E-3, it doesn't have enough bits to tolerate cropping, especially comparing to XPan 24x65mm film real estate. On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 12:22 AM, Gerry Walden <gwpics at me.com> wrote: > Mark > > Really nice shot, but I agree about losing the black on the right. > Interesting that you are using the 'Linhof Crop' of 2:1 which must be great > for landscapes. I have recently switched to 4:3 and I always have to crop > for landscapes, although it is great for other work. > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden LRPS > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 (Office) > +44 (0)797 287 7932 (Mobile) > Web: www.gwpics.com > Blog: www.gerrywalden.wordpress.com > > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 11:50 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com > >wrote: > > > >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/110517_011444.jpg.html > >> > >> What better way to show flowers than by decorating them with sides of > raw > >> beef ribs? I sure cant think of a way. > >> > >> In Linhof 6x12 format. But taken with a d700. > >> I've been doing a lot of cropping in 1 over 2 and pretending I took it > with > >> my dream camera. Or one of them the Linhof 6x12. > >> > >> Mark > >> > >> -------------------- > >> Mark William Rabiner > >> Photography > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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/> // richard's personal photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous replies in your msgs. ]