wilhelmn

I took an original M-Bag on several long trips through Europe in the

mid '70s. At that time lightweight canvas instead of hard leather

was a Godsend. It was the start of a wonderful trend in bag design,

but has long since been superceeded. I prefer the Domke designs,

because the zippered tops on Billinghams are excessively restrictive

on getting the contents out in a hurry.

Your restraint is to be commended. As you gain experience, you will

start noticing more "compositions" and less "photo-spam." Keep it up!

Sounds about right if you are having them printed by someone else.

If you are doing it yourself, probably two pictures from the entire

lot is more like it, if you're really good.

Many of the seminal photographs of the early 20th century, including

most of the masterpieces of Paul Strand, are available only as

photogravures. Wonder if he will reject them?

Can anyone verify that he was convicted and spent time in prison for

violent crimes (against his wife?), other than internment and escape

from the Nazi POW camps?

I use my 20 year old DOMKE F-2, with 4 compartment insert. It

carries a 4x5 Technika, casket set of lenses (105-220mm) and filters,

Pentax digital spot meter, 3 Grafmatics, BTZS focusing cloth, loupe,

lens cleaning stuff, cell phone, notebook, and a small Leica or

Pentax for backup. That still leaves the 4 outside pockets for

airline tickets, books, maps, 2 extra 25 sheet boxes of film, and a

cheese sandwich. The TILTALL tripod travels in its own case as

checked baggage. PS: what's a "DD"?

My Technika Xenotar is one of the sharpest lenses I've ever used.

I'd keep it.

Rent an M6 before you plunk down a bunch of money. For most

purposes, a SLR is better than a RF camera. Consider a Nikon F3,

since you already have Nikkor lenses..

Unless you're planning to go to 8x10 and make contact prints, I don't

think that you're going to do any better than the mamiya 7.

In the book, "A.A. at 100," the letters "LP" are clearly visible on

the print of Lone Pine with Horsey. All the prints I've seen in the

past had them retouched out.

If you don't know the answer to this question without asking some

else's opinion, you shouldn't spend the money on a Leica. (Troll?)

There;s nothing wrong with monorails; just remember that they must

always be used with a tripod. And the generally, but not always

weigh more than field cameras, and take longer to set up and break

down.

IMO the best lens in that range for a Speed/Crown Graphic is the 10"

(250mm) Tele-Optar. It barely takes any more bellows extension than

a normal lens, and will easily cover 5x7.

I'd bet they're not still available, but Leica did once supply

eyepieces with correction for astigmatism. That was in the days when

they were more concerned with making accessories to adapt their

cameras for any photographic situation, and less concerned with

special models to celebrate bridge/sewer plant openings.

Thank you for bringing these to our attention. The pictures are

visually interesting in themselves, and the captions, while

unnecessary, are quite illuminating. True first class

photojournalism. It is the kind of photography that the National

Geographic should be doing, but doesn't!