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Subject: [Leica] Leica S2 visits Lambeau Field
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 02:29:34 -0400

The 645's but other medium format camera designs put traditional 35mm
shooting subjects into the hands of brownie film shooters.
The Pentax 67 was a Texas SLR after a few rolls you forgot there was any
such thing as 35mm.
And folders. And rangefinder cameras.

To say a thing is 35mm territory which cant be done well with a bigger
sensor or film size I think is going to go down as questionable as it either
has or will soon be proved otherwise.
And you can get any decisive moment you want you DON'T want your 35mm print
hanging next to a still boring image form medium format. As I will just
appear way more solid and think and rich and real.
I'm guessing by now the landscape galleries in California are dominated by
medium format digital (30 x 45mm CCD is the S format) but I bet most of the
wildlife venues and there may be some overlap is solidly 24x36.
There have always been a small subgroup of shooters who go outside the box
and shoot a bigger format than the rest regardless of what genre we are
looking at. And maybe a few who go smaller.
I sure can't name one who was shooting medium format wildlife film but I bet
there were some. I bet there was one guy who shot sheet film. Lived in a
tent.
Though I'm sure some of those 645 film systems would  have worked out on
that. Wildlife.,
I think the Leica S system like the film 645 systems makes medium format
shooting about as quick and flexible as 35mm shooting.
They're DSLR's. And they  which and feel pretty close to Canons and Nikons.
But of course way more gorgeous.




On 9/17/13 11:43 AM, "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote:

> George Lottermoser wrote:
> 
>> On Sep 17, 2013, at 10:14 AM, Doug Herr wrote:
>> 
>>>> As 35DSLR-like as it seems to be
>>>> I'd guess that Medium-Format idiosyncrasies
>>>> still show up;
>>>> resulting in a,
>>>> "wish I had the DMR/280 Apo on this trek."
>>> 
>>> Especially where a trek is involved.
>> 
>> I'd assume that you can handle the size and weight for the foreseeable
>> future.
>> 
>> I'm speaking more about the focus ring throw
>> size and vibration of larger mirror and shutter
>> the medium-format scale-up stuff.
> 
> Yup all important stuff.
> 
>> 
>> Having read your posts over the years
>> I sense that you've found a near ideal solution
>> to achieve your goals.
>> 
>> A larger sensor temps us.
> 
> And a big beautiful viewfinder, and the S2's control layout.
> 
>> Certainly we deserve at least a 24x36 ;~)
>> Yet 30x45 may actually be "too big"
>> for some "conditions" work flows.
> 
> I'd like to be able to make a huge print when I get photos like these:
> 
> http://wildlightphoto.com/mammals/ursidae/blbear05.html
> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/anatidae/trsw01.html
> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/phasianidae/witu22.html
> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/phasianidae/witu21.html
> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/accipitridae/feha02.html
> 
>> And we can't know 'til we put it to work
>> under our own conditions.
> 
> Yup. And S2 money, even a few days' rental, is a serious piece of change 
> that
> deserves very careful deliberation.
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
> 
> 
> 
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