Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/27

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Subject: [Leica] finally got my R9/DMR back-yesterday
From: afirkin at afirkin.com (afirkin at afirkin.com)
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 17:37:15 -0500
References: <CD29D17A.4496%mark@rabinergroup.com>

> Gotta love those frame lines!
> So shooting digital I imagine would be similar to using the super slide
> back
> which I just mentioned. And works out great. Though my widest lens is a 50
> at this point and I think getting  the 40 would be quite an investment on
> top of the back.
 http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/bensonga

Like you Mark I did not mind shooting super slides, though it sorta made
the wides less useful: all that weight and beautiful glass being wasted. I
opted for the 40mm which was much lighter than the F50 and filled the gap.
The fisheye is a bit of a waste of weight on the 4x4 back ;-)

Alastair



In reply to: Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] finally got my R9/DMR back-yesterday)