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I was talking to one of the guys at Midwest Photo Exchange today about
the LF business. He was saying it was going gangbusters, that he was ordering 20 (or was it 60?) 4x5's a month (or was it every three months?), and ordering lenses from Nikon in Japan all the time. I told him that I did not understand Nikon's withdrawl from the LF lens market if that was the case. He also told me that the people buying these cameras were NOT buying LF darkrooms, but scanning the negs. HUH? Nikon is selling lots of LF lenses, but leaves the business? Zeiss left the LF lens business a few years ago, because (they said) LF photogs did not want to pay Zeiss prices. "Large Format The Carl Zeiss product range included top-class camera lenses for Linhof large-format cameras up to the 1970s.These lenses were much sought after by aerial photographers who wanted to take high-resolution photos at full aperture using low-speed film and short shutter speeds (1/500s and shorter). These exacting demands, however, were not made by the majority of large-format photographers. This meant that there was no general willingness to bear the high costs of such highly corrected lenses. This is the reason why Carl Zeiss discontinued the supply of lenses for general large-format photography." |
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wrote in message oups.com... I was talking to one of the guys at Midwest Photo Exchange today about the LF business. He was saying it was going gangbusters, that he was ordering 20 (or was it 60?) 4x5's a month (or was it every three months?), Foggy, UC? The Carl Zeiss product range included top-class camera lenses for Linhof large-format cameras up to the 1970s.These lenses were much sought after by aerial photographers who wanted to take high-resolution photos at full aperture using low-speed film and short shutter speeds (1/500s and shorter). Face it, most LF amateurs are so insecure about focus and corrections that they shoot at very large (numerical) apertures. |
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Is it f/64 yet?
WhoCares wrote: wrote in message oups.com... I was talking to one of the guys at Midwest Photo Exchange today about the LF business. He was saying it was going gangbusters, that he was ordering 20 (or was it 60?) 4x5's a month (or was it every three months?), Foggy, UC? The Carl Zeiss product range included top-class camera lenses for Linhof large-format cameras up to the 1970s.These lenses were much sought after by aerial photographers who wanted to take high-resolution photos at full aperture using low-speed film and short shutter speeds (1/500s and shorter). Face it, most LF amateurs are so insecure about focus and corrections that they shoot at very large (numerical) apertures. |
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"WhoCares" wrote: Face it, most LF amateurs are so insecure about focus and corrections that they shoot at very large (numerical) apertures. And then are those photographers who act secure thereby changing their name time after time. -- "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."--Theodore Roosevelt, May 7, 1918 greg_____photo(dot)com |
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G- Blank spake thus:
In article , "WhoCares" wrote: Face it, most LF amateurs are so insecure about focus and corrections that they shoot at very large (numerical) apertures. And then are those photographers who act secure thereby changing their name time after time. Yeah, like "Little Green-Eyed Dragon" or whatever, right?. -- If the United States government, with all its capacity to collect and interpret information, did not see Hamas doing very well in the Palestinian election in the wake of these other Islamist victories, then it is either willfully blind or totally incompetent—- and neither possibility is a very comforting thought. - Rami G. Khouri, editor at large of the Beirut-based _Daily Star_ |
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He also told me that the people buying these cameras were NOT buying LF darkrooms, but scanning the negs. HUH? And this is why I have three (3) working Nikon LF4500AF Scanners with all the film holders including all the 4X5 holders. Bob AZ |
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