Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/23
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Leica lenses 135mm and longer"....
Walt, if you're going to be obtuse you have to work a bit harder at
the ingenious bit.
Of course you may put a 28 Elmarit on a Speed Graphic. You may put it
on top, front, side, back or underneath. As you wish. Don't say I
didn't warn you. :-)
At 9:03 AM -0500 1/23/08, Walt Johnson wrote:
>Henning
>
>I'm going to Orlando today looking for a camera bag. Maybe I'll pick
>up a 4x5 while there. Can you image the results from putting my 28
>Elmarit on a Speed Graphic? Heck, could shoot what's in from of me
>and behind me at the same time. :-)
>
>Walt
>
>Henning Wulff wrote:
>> At 7:38 PM -0500 1/22/08, Walt Johnson wrote:
>>> Yes, can cerainly see that. A 4x5/5x7 back on an 8x10 camera.
>>>Reversing that trend might give less than optimal results, even
>>>with Leica glass. . What was mentioned by Doug included a 35mm
>>>lens on a MF camera. Talk about falloff. It would make a 50 year
>>>old Summicron look good shooting into the sun.
>>
>>
>>
>> Nope. No falloff. Most of the older Leica lenses 135mm and longer
>>cover 6x6 just fine, with no falloff.
>>
>> And of course most 'large format' lenses come with no format
>>attached. A 120 SW Nikkor makes a fine 4x5 lens with lots of
>>movements but will also cover 8x10 with virtually no movements.
>>
>>
>>
>> Anyway, I'm still lusting after the C3 carried by Diane Arbus..
>>>
>>> Lottermoser George wrote:
>>>> As a photographer who grew up in a studio where we had lenses
>>>>of many different focal lengths, and cameras of all formats; the
>>>>whole format thing never bothered me. We put 4x5 and 5x7 backs on
>>>>8x10 cameras. Roll film backs on 4x5 cameras. 35mm and digital
>>>>bodies on bellows with enlarging lenses. What ever it takes to
>>>>accomplish the vision or find a new one.
>>>>
>>>> Right now I've got a Canon 5D sitting on my desk with a
>>>>Hasselbad 80 planar attached to it.
>>>> And an the M8 with viso and bellows with a nikkor enlarging
>>>>lens - see today's <http://www.imagist.com/blog> for results.
>>>>
>>>> I've always enjoyed playing with different glass on various
>>>>formats, slow, fast, b&w, or IR films, chips and what ever. I've
>>>>exposed printing out paper in cameras, used paper negatives and
>>>>contact printed them "wet." It's all photography. It's all
>>>>wonderful and full of potentially beautiful surprises.
>>>>
>>>> Camera / lens systems are great. I'll never sell my M6TTL. The
>>>>Leica M lenses can always fill it's negatives to their full
>>>>useable circles; just as the two R8's can give me a full 35mm
>>>>negatives, transparencies, or the DMR chip to capture my world in
>>>>images - as required or desired. Adapters which allow different
>>>>systems to interact with each other make the optical
>>>>possibilities even more wonderful. I can even hang my R8's on 4x5
>>>>if I want some view camera movements.
>>>>
>>>> Imagine! Yes, indeed! Do!
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 22, 2008, at 4:00 PM, Walt Johnson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Imagine spending $$$ on lenses designed to cover a 24x36 mm
>>>>>format and sticking them on something else.
>>>>
>>>> Fond regards,
>>>> George
>>>> george@imagist.com
>>>> www.imagist.com
>>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog
>>>> Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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