Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: TH_Alpa on June 27, 2011, 01:12:25 am
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Dear All,
I would like to inform you that I will be again active on this forum and some others from now on, officially for the Alpa brand of cameras and accessories based in Zürich, Switzerland.
Thomas Weber from Alpa and his wife Ursula got in touch with me a few months ago, and we met then in Zürich where Thomas asked me if I would accept to be their ambassador on the forums. I felt very honored by this proposal, and obviously accepted to speak about such a mythic brand and such wonderfully built technical cameras, lenses and accessories.
You may understand that I won’t give anymore any information or advice concerning Sinar products.
I would like also to point out that I do not have any special agenda on this discussion forum but to try to speak honestly about the products I am now representing and using, without deforming or giving wrong information. It is not at all my intention to denigrate or speak down in any way other brands represented here.
Also, this is not my main occupation. Therefore don’t expect to get always an immediate answer or reaction.
I do not pretend to know all about Alpa, at this stage, and therefore would like to seek for understanding and patience if sometimes I need to get the information directly from my Alpa colleagues or elsewhere.
For those of you whishing to contact me directly, I am open to answer any direct email at my contact below.
Those who wish to have more information about my motivations to represent and speak about Alpa Switzerland can read it under following link:
http://tinyurl.com/6433oaf
All the best to all,
Thierry Hagenauer
Alpa Consultant
Neuhausen am Rheinfall
email: thierry.hagenauer@shinternet.ch
www.alpa.ch
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Welcome back, Thierry!
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And congratulations!
Mike.
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Bienvenue au bercail.
PdF
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Nice to hear from you and welcome back!
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Dear All,
I would like to inform you that I will be again active on this forum and some others from now on, officially for the Alpa brand of cameras and accessories based in Zürich, Switzerland.
Hi Thierry,
Congratulations, to you and Alpa!
Alpa have selected a super ambassador, befitting the quality of their equipment.
Cheers,
Bart
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Here comes Thierry and stoppeth one in three :)
I think you still owe me a beer though.
Welcome back.
Edmund
Hi Thierry,
Congratulations, to you and Alpa!
Alpa have selected a super ambassador, befitting the quality of their equipment.
Cheers,
Bart
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Ambassador on the web...
Congratulations Mr. Weber, ALPA seems to be the only who is listening to Photographers and their needs.
Arca, Linhof and Sinar have also great products, but don`t compare customer care.
Michael H.
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Welcome back Thierry
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Welcome
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Very good news!!! Smart choice of Alpa ;D
Welcome back! :)
Regards
Anders
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on va enfin avoir des infos :-)
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Great! I start imediately with a question I have thought about ;D :D 8)
Is it possible to see through the Alpa viewfinder 'how much' rise you need for any particular architectual shot where you need to apply rise/fall?
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Hi Thierry,
good to hear you're still in the business.
Alpa is a great product.
Warm regards,
Willem.
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Hi Thierry! Good to hear you are involved again and in a fine product too! Good luck and go for it.
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To all: thanks for your encouraging words, it's much appreciated.
@ andalucia: yes, there is such a help by using the Alpa viewfinder shift mask. Have a look here:
http://www.alpa.ch/en/products/framing-focussing/viewfinder/alpa-viewfinder-masks-2.html
It's a special made mask with shift marks. However, parallax error has to be taken in count, therefore the indications are an approximation. This mask exists for different formats and focal lengths.
Best regards
Thierry
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Good to see you back and that at such a wonderful place to work! Congrats.
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Thanks Thierry for your reply!
This is probably not the right thread to ask questions....but then again....why not ;)
As I understand, the STC is natively made for shifting left/right. Obviously one can turn it 90 degrees and get rise/fall, but my question is if I all four sides of the body will take on the grip and viewfinder? I would prefer to have rise/fall as my default position. I cannot see by the pictures if this is possible!
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Dear andalucia,
For the clarity and rightness of the forum I shall open a new thread to answer your question.
Thierry
This is probably not the right thread to ask questions....but then again....why not ;)
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Welcome back, Thierry!
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Welcome back Thierry, great to see you here again