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Yorkshireman
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10 years ago

#61

"Isabel Gott" wrote:
Why spend money on a Leica when you can get a cheaper Lumix and get the same results.
Or buy my Mamiya 645 kit with enlarger and get better results

That's the bottom end of the scale at Leica.

The V-Lux and D-Lux are indeed rebadged - and more expensive - Panasonics (but with a free licence for Adobe Lightroom as a perk).

From there, it's a quantum leap to the M (full-frame 35 mm sensor) and the S (medium format SLR), where you a looking at prices of 6,000 (M) to between 10,000 and 18,000 or so (S).

Here's a piece of pricing porn:
http://www.leica-storemayfair.com/price-lists.html

Not for mere mortals! Even a shoulder strap can cost you up to 120 quid!

Roy Morton
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10 years ago

#62

Just looked at the Gigapan image on my PC rather than my phone.
I can and zoom a lot easier now and see that it it was the Koni Omega I was looking at.
Quite a bit of interesting stuff there, however If I was to suddenly turn up with all that gear I'm sure a divorce would rapidly follow :lol:
A single life and a room full of cameras..........Hmmmmm! :angel:

"You Chinese think of everything!"
"But I''m not Chinese!"
"Then you must have forgotten something!"

rufenig
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10 years ago

#63

Found this link
Black and white, film old school

(Go down to "view gallery")
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/photographer-bruce-davidsons-iconic-shots-7993761

Roger L
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10 years ago

#64

I found it was easier to do colour prints than B&W. With B&W you had far more work to do dodging and burning in, where with colour I could churn them out for competitions by just using the exposure meter on the enlarger.
B&W has something about it that sets it apart.

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Yorkshireman
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10 years ago

#65

"Roy Morton" wrote:
Just looked at the Gigapan image on my PC rather than my phone.
I can and zoom a lot easier now and see that it it was the Koni Omega I was looking at.
Quite a bit of interesting stuff there, however If I was to suddenly turn up with all that gear I'm sure a divorce would rapidly follow :lol:
A single life and a room full of cameras..........Hmmmmm! :angel:

Try this one for size (also available from Fujifilm):

I could really fancy a modern folder with 6x6/6x7 slides.

http://voigtlaender.com/bessa-iii-w.html

Roy Morton
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10 years ago

#66

Oh dear! I wish I hadn't seen that. Mind you, it would be a bit lighter than toting around my Mamiya 645 with a 35mm lens in an ammo box with a couple of hammerheads.
The 55mm lens is a nice touch on a medium format rather than the run of the mill 80.
Someone said don't they do a digital back for the Mammy..
They do but by the time I could afford one I'll be too bloody old and weak to lift it up let alone get out with it. :lol:

"You Chinese think of everything!"
"But I''m not Chinese!"
"Then you must have forgotten something!"

NewStuff
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10 years ago

#67

"Willy Eckerslyke" wrote:
We're supposed to feel guilty for not using them? :o
Well, that's me scuppered:
http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/125976

Please tell me you use those Planar 1.7/50's mounted on the Contax shaped bodycaps? Lovely lenses, though I prefer the slower 45/2.8 Tessar because it's so damn small, and yet very, very sharp..

I'm not even mentioning the Flektogon 35/2.4.

Yeah, I like Zeiss stuff... but I'm a lens junkie in general. I can't afford the really nice stuff (Rodenstocks!), but I can pick up standard Tessar 50's for £10-15 all day long. The local exchange shops have me on speed dial, lol.

Searching for the ever elusive Underground Titty Bar.

DDDWH CC

Roger L
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10 years ago

#68

Hi YorkshireMan
6x7 is ok to blow up but you have to keep changing the film so I found 645 easier
I had a Pentax 6x7 and tried cameras with rising front but found them too fiddly for quick photos and not long exposures.

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Morrisman
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10 years ago

#69

Just read this thread. Think the title confused me!

Remember as a child going to Barry Island for a day at the beach (lived in Cardiff at the time) and you could just wander among those sleeping/dying giants of steam. Maybe it helped that my grandfather was an ex-driver for GWR/BR steam. His last loco (King George V) now preserved at York

No its noi about cameras but photos of Woodhams just brought magical memories flooding back. :thumbsup:

droid
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10 years ago

#70

I'm just mighty inpressed that NewStuff talks about using a lens that costs what my rather large motorbike is worth......:lol::lol::lol:

NewStuff
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10 years ago

#71

"droid" wrote:
I'm just mighty inpressed that NewStuff talks about using a lens that costs what my rather large motorbike is worth......:lol::lol::lol:

NewStuff loves a nice bit of glass... Although I like a Rodenstock, I'm not fussy, almost anything fits on the NEX system. Zeiss 45/2.8 in C/Y was on it tonight... However, a here's Top Tip - When bringing the camera to a mine to shoot, remember your tripod. Might have forgot to pack it in the bag tonight... 😞

Searching for the ever elusive Underground Titty Bar.

DDDWH CC

sinker
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10 years ago

#72

"NewStuff" wrote:

.....here's Top Tip - When bringing the camera to a mine to shoot, remember your tripod. Might have forgot to pack it in the bag tonight... :-[

Ahem...I once lugged my gear up to Fron Boeth, set up the tripod, opened up the camera box and....yes, you guessed it....:lol:

Yma O Hyd....

Yorkshireman
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10 years ago

#73

NewStuff loves a nice bit of glass...

So do I. Used to be a Leica M and R man, but sold the collection off quite recently - it was only gathering dust and a professional CLA for the R-cameras would have cost more than they are worth on the s/h market.

The same can't be said of a whole gaggle of C/Y and Rollei QBM Zeiss lenses, which still do sterling work on the front of a Canon 20D.

I actually prefer the signature of the Zeiss lenses, and a couple of the Yashica models simply can't be beaten (55/2.8 macro and 21/3.5 superwide), not even by Leica.

Here are a couple of "Zeiss" pix (Zeiss in Rollei QBM-mount on a SL2000F)

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/UK/Dales/Swaledale/LeadminesImage5-11_edited-1-Edit.jpg.html
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/UK/Dales/Swaledale/LeadminesOld_Gang_Mines.jpg.html