wilhelm

Old Polish saying: "Don't piss in the soup."

I agree. It's a lovely size. And If there was any sign at all of its viability (film, holders, etc) it's what I'd be shooting instead of 5x7 (just slightly too small for satisfactory contact prints), or 8x10 (too damn big and heavy). But I'm afraid that this size is, truly, dead.

Roger, I don't believe that the Contax was ever considered superior

to Leica in quality of construction. But it certainly had better

lenses, and on paper, at least, better features (combined RF/VF,

bayonet lens mount, removable back, self-timer, etc.). A major

reason that many photojournalists preferred Nikon was their being

stroked by the importers (Joe Eisenrich(sp)) where Leitz, like Zeiss,

didn't think they needed to compete with those upstart Japanese. Ha!

First thing to do is to announce on the Internet that you own one.

Why don't you mention how much you paid for it, too?

Yes!

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syesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Hope you're not disappointed.)

If you think that current Leica viewfinders are Schisophrenic, wait

till you try the Nikon S3 with all three bright lines visible (more

or less) at once. I still think that the SP had it right, though.

Troll. Going off on a two year backpacking trip with a used camera

he's apparently never even tried. Right. Don't call us...

The 5x7 cut film holders will fit directly on a half-plate camera

without any adaption. However, there will be a little cutoff on the

long end of the negative so its more like 5x6.5".

Nagaoka 4x5 (except for very early ones) use Technika lens boards.

Unless you're making Clyde Butcher size prints, the purpose of Large

Format cameras isn't to get sharper negatives, it's to enjoy the LF

experience. Setting up the tripod, having a large enough screen to

see the whole image with both eyes, and so forth. If you're not

getting the pleasure from LF, (it doesn't matter whether your

pictures are any good), and you enjoy MF photography, then do it.

That's what life is all about.

NO!

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I think you're right, it DOES look more like the Ektra, which is only

the SECOND ugliest camera ever made.

Yes there are studies (of similar situations, I don't know of any on

the enlarger). Until fatigue sets in, standing is more efficient,

thus presumably you also get better prints. A good compromise is a

using a tall stool to rest your bumm between prints.

I just got an email from Leica announcing the M7 and other stuff. They also gave company data which indicated that Minox is no longer part of the group, in part resulting in lower gross and net income. Just what is Minox status? Martin...?

The 90mm framelines of the M3 are almost 100% exact for a 105mm lens

at working distances of 10-25 feet.

This lumpy beast looks like a 1940 Kodak 35, one of the ugliest

cameras ever made. Also, Minolta has had a FIVE megathinge camera on

the market for many months. What is the matter with these people?

I was inspired to go back and dig out my "Eye of Eisenstadt." It's a

great book, and he was a terrific guy!

"Everybody" loved Eisie. But I always wondered if he was one of the

truly great photographers, or just a really competent worker (like so

many of us) with a great personality, who shot a lot and occasionally

got lucky. HC-B, Gene Smith, Edward Weston, for example, left dozens

and dozens of great and memorable photographs, but I can only think

of two with Eisie: The Nurse and the Sailor, and The Kids Following

the Drum Major. I'm not trying to put him down here, as I love and

respect him, but I think that it's fair to ask, Is/was He Overrated?

There's a 5x7 piece of Kodak Opal glass on eBay this morning. Bill

Spare us. Please.

stirred, not shaken.

O. Winton Link? Died last year.

I changed my solid serrated M3 lever, guaranteed to shread ones

thumb, for a nice, smooth plastic M4 lever with no problems.

K2, G, A, and X1. (Does my age show?)

I just take a bunch of pictures of the kinds of things that I usually

shoot, exposing at plus/minus one stop from the rated ISO at 1/3 stop

intervals. Look at the negatives to see which has the minimun

acceptable shadow detail. And then use that EI. Anything else is

too complicated for (my) practical use. That's for B&W (and color

slides purchased several bricks with the same emulsion number). For

color negative I just use one stop more exposure than rated ISO.