Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Rabiner wrote: >I was sold even before I saw the huge blow up. >The richness of the small image is just like a small print from a medium >format neg. ... noticeably better than one from a small format neg or slide. >Those who say medium format film or digital is only needed if you are the >mural biz I'd disagree with whole heartedly. As would a lot of people. > > > On 9/16/2013 8:07 PM, Adam Bridge wrote: >> This might be of interest. >> >> http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2013/09/leic >> a-on-high.html >> >> Zoom in and you can see the football in the air just about the far 5 yard >> line. >> > I recently calculated that if I sold all of my R equipment including both the 280mm f/4 APO and the recent, hard-earned backup 280mm f/4 APO I could afford a well-used S2, an adapter for Contax 645 lenses, a Zeiss 350mm Tele-Apotessar, extension tubes and a 1.4x Mutar. It would do for 99% of my photos. The other 1% would be covered by a Zeiss Contax 645 120mm APO-Makro-Planar. I have to stop calculating such stuff. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com