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Subject: [Leica] IMG: First Portrait in Medium Format
From: rgacpa at gmail.com (Robert Adler)
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:41:37 -0800
References: <CAAsXt4PpXwCHyO1Auo2c=EEPJR+YTZyG_gVP2A9JvOUehvN6yw@mail.gmail.com> <CD07EA96.2C7E%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Wonder why. QC failure rate too high?

On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 10:21 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at 
rabinergroup.com>wrote:

> Put a cmos sensor in a medium format digital and shoot at iso 64000.
> Not possible yet is my impression or they'd have done it already.
>
>
> On 1/1/13 1:02 AM, "Bob Adler" <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Rest it on something...
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 9:25 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> He wasn't shooting landscapes.  He was in effect using the camera as a
> snap
> >> shot camera or street camera. Its possible to do hand held landscapes in
> >> 35mm but darned hard I don't know how'd you so it held held medium
> format.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 12/31/12 10:08 PM, "Bob Adler" <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I do hear of folks using the Alpa for hand held. Some of the results
> I've
> >>> seen are impressive (mostly architecture/landscapes) . The newer model
> >>> digital backs tend to do pretty well up to 400 ISO, so in bright sun
> they
> >>> may be usable.
> >>> I believe Rabiner ran into a guy in NYC who was carrying around his
> Alpa
> >> on
> >>> a neck strap.
> >>> As you say, horses for courses!
> >>> Take care and welcome back,
> >>> Bob
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 6:23 PM, <afirkin at afirkin.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>> Haven't ever used my medium format digital system for people. So this
> >> is
> >>>> a
> >>>>> fairly pedestrian portrait but I was impressed by the detail and the
> >>>> depth
> >>>>> (both in color depth and perceived depth).
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rgacpa_HI/20121228-SeeligFamily-Master-CF000
> >>>> 120.jpg.html
> >>>>> Happy New Year to all. Good light,
> >>>>> Bob
> >>>>
> >>>> Bob, the image is very 'rich' indeed. The angle perhaps gives the
> >>>> 'viewfinder' away ;-) I did not think my 'blad would make a good
> street
> >>>> camera, though the Rolleiflex certainly did in Egypt, but on my trip
> to
> >>>> Cuba, some of my best portraits of people were with the blad: the
> people
> >>>> 'responded' to the big noisy beast, rather than shying away. As
> always,
> >>>> its horses for courses.
> >>>>
> >>>> Alastair
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Mark William Rabiner
> >> Photography
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> >>
> >>
> >>
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>
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-- 
Bob Adler


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