On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:02 AM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I consider the Kodak Medalist II a quality range finder, yet it's > anything but Zen like. It's a hulking brute of a camera, almost as > large as current Modern Canon "Professional" SLR and DSLR models, with a > similar length lens. Yet somehow svelte compared to anything else that > produces a 6x9 negative. You need big hands to hold it, (long fingers > at least), and it frightens small children. It's late 1930's industrial > machinery adapted to photography. I suppose it's use is Zen like in > that it's a slow working camera requiring thought, as there's no rapid > winding, only have 8 exposures per role, and it does take a bit of time > to reload, so you better make those count. The shutter is admirably > quite though, not that you'll get many candids with it. Strangely I > like it quite a bit more than I do the Leica IIIc, though I really do > like smaller cameras overall. >
Okay, so I waxed poetic just a tad... I guess the Fuji 6x9 (The Texas Leica) ain't Zen-like, either, and it's certainly a rangefinder. I was talking about smallish M-body sized 35 mm RF's. Sorry to confuse. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
