Frank Petronio said:
Posted as a service to newbies and old-timers alike ....
1. De Golden Busch 8x10s. At least the earlier models.
2. Anything made East of Dresden or West of Chiba.
3. Expensive Polaroid to 4x5 Conversions.
and ?
You have stated on Photo.Net you want to destroy Littman. As a person who has had the cheap conversion done by your friend in Austrailia, and a owner of a Littman, I totally disagree. This is nothing more than a veiled attempt to get the same tired discussion going again. It has been locked in the past. While I have no problems with the discussion on the surface, it is the undertones of what you are doing that I find reprehensible. Time for you Frank to get a life and get past your obsession of trying at any way possible to discredit Littman.
As to the claim I got a free Littman, No I didn't. I paid for that damn non functional camera from Austrailia, and it was used in exchange for an older model first run Littman. So Yes I did pay.
Yes Brad this again. I do not go around at every opportunity to try and tout Littman, or dump on Dean Jones. I let it stay buried until the two on apug who have an axe to grind against Littman start up again.
That said I have had a ball with my Littman. It is light fast to use, and only has one draw back as I see it. It doesn't have interchangeable lenses. I can live with that. I am an old fat lady who when faced with hiking any distance doesn't want to lug a big 4x5 with me. Sven the Sherpa lives to far away to be there for me when I would need him. My son now works for the police department (badge toting) so he doesn't want to carry MOM's stuff. For me the Littman works for what I want it to do. I plan on getting a pack mule to carry my gear once I have the 11x14.
As to cameras I wouldn't get, put a wisner up there for me. I have one, but the darn thing has so many little quirks that do not work, that it frustrates me. Like using a long lens, and when ratcheting it out, the bellows fall off the rails. Whyu not just put in some little things to stop that? One of the turn knobs is fine, the other one is not it is almost stripped and it was a new camera when it came like that. The screw just doesn't fit the opening. To me that is poor workmanship, or a blatant oversight that should have been caught.