Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/15

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Subject: [Leica] OT: lens shutters suck
From: john at chiaroscuro.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:01:21 +1300
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I always found the Pentax 67 a bit of a beast, Hasselblad V series are
coming in very cheap these days.....

john

-----Original Message-----

Doesn't a Pentax 6x7 weighs twice as much as the Fuji 6x9? Totally different
kind of beast?

May be one of those older 6x6 /6x7 folders? They are pretty cheap too.

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
frozenlight.eu>wrote:

> It does entice me, but getting this kind of stuff back from the lab sucks.
> I think I will go for a Pentax 6x7 which is probably more reliable.
>




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