Actually I was referring to the size of the camera. Inferring somewhat vaguely
that OM's are noted for being somewhat smaller than others
David
PS I do have aspirations of using a LF film sized camera, before Oly replace
them with a comparable digital ... I have one now, but the shutter needs
fixing.
It's a Graflex Speed Graphic, so it does have a shutter.
Winsor Crosby wrote:
> Or MF, manual focus and AF, automatic focus. You are most large.
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> Winsor
> Long Beach, CA
> USA
> On Jul 22, 2004, at 7:24 PM, cygnus wrote:
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>>I'll send this again to the list since I think my previous reply went
>>directly to the actual poster....
>>
>>LF refers to cameras that shoot 4x5" or larger film, the most common
>>being 4x5" and 8x10". My Deardorrf, however, is actually a 5x7 body
>>(I also have a 5x7 back) with a 4x5 reducing back. I also have an
>>8x10 Deardorff that I'll probably be selling since I really don't see
>>myself shooting 8x10 any time in the forseeable future. Friend of
>>mine also has an 11x14 camera, an 8x20, and a couple others.
>>
>>MF (medium format) generally refers to cameras that shoot 120 film,
>>either in square format like Hasselblad or twin-lens cameras like my
>>Mamiya C330, or 6xi7cm format like Pentax or some others.
>>
>>At least, that's the way I understand all of it.
>>
>>Paul
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