Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Then get one of those 500CM/501CW and some amazing Zeiss glass. You can get a 500CM/ an A12 back, a WLF and a 80mm lens for ~$1000. More money for sure but the quality will be so worth it. Or get the Mamiya 6MF. Again for about ~$1000. On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > I don't like folders, and when I shoot MF weight is not an issue anyway. I > am a big guy ;-) > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > > > YNWA > > > > On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:57 PM, Richard Man wrote: > > > 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. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> nathan > >> > >> Nathan Wajsman > >> Alicante, Spain > >> http://www.frozenlight.eu > >> http://www.greatpix.eu > >> http://www.nathanfoto.com > >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > >> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > >> > >> > >> YNWA > >> > >> > >> > >> On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:45 PM, Richard Man wrote: > >> > >>> Take a look at that large 6x9 negative. > >>> > >>> It will take quite a bit of work to beat that even with a Leica M9, > >> unless > >>> you are doing the Paul thing. > >>> > >>> Worth it? Only you can decide. I probably won't shoot with my -4T or M7 > >>> much ever again, but I am shooting more XPan than ever before. So if > the > >>> 6x9 neg entices you... > >>> > >>> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at > >>> frozenlight.eu > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Just got back 3 rolls of MF film from the lab in Barcelona, shot with > my > >>>> Fuji 6x9. Of the 24 pictures in total, 14 are blank frames. And no, I > >> did > >>>> not accidentally photograph the inside of my camera bag this many > times, > >>>> since I follow the standard Leica RF practice of not advancing the > film > >>>> before putting the camera in the bag. I guess the lens shutter is > >> sticking, > >>>> i.e. not opening about half the time. Given that I only paid $300 for > >> this > >>>> camera, the fact that it has turned into a paperweight is annoying but > >> not > >>>> devastating. But it does mean that I am on the lookout for a reliable > >> 6x7 > >>>> or 6x9 MF outfit. > >>>> > >>>> Or I should just stop this film foolishness and get on with life in > the > >>>> 21st century. > >>>> > >>>> Cheers, > >>>> Nathan > >>>> > >>>> Nathan Wajsman > >>>> Alicante, Spain > >>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu > >>>> http://www.greatpix.eu > >>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com > >>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > >>>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> YNWA > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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.richardmanphoto.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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.richardmanphoto.com>