medium format camera
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- garretttt0
kiev 6c...
heavy camera though
- ok_not_ok0
Mamiya 645 Pro TL
- betelgeuse0
A good thing to consider is if you want interchangeable backs or not. Cameras that use magazines allow you to quickly switch between different types of film, which is a really nice advantage.
- yeah, but you have to keep up with that dark slideepic_rim
- on my mamiya RZ you cant remove the back without the dark slide in placesherm
- ya, higher end cameras usually have safety mechanisms built in.betelgeuse
- and make sure you don't sit on the dark slide and bend it!vaxorcist
- shoto_can0
no, i think i want a simple medium format slr, without interchangeable backs(a must would be slr, not tlr, and lightmetering). usually i use 35mm slr or dslr, but i want to experience with a simple, cheap and efficient medium format to make this documentary project.
pentax, kiev or with some luck mamiya 645- used pentax 67's are insanely cheapbetelgeuse
- in the final pentax 67 with mamiya 645. which of them is gonna be cheap and in good shape. thanksshoto_can
- vaxorcist0
Kiev may be oddball.
I'd get a Mamiya 645 or a used Pentax 645.
- JSK0
Mamiya RZ67
I have this one. Its been collecting dust for past 2 years.
- shoto_can0
the cheapest and affordable buy is the pentacon six tl. i saw alot of photos taken with it and they look great. i will now look for a prism with autoexposure that would fit the body.
- bigtrick0
i have this:
but with the metering prism it is like 100 lbs.
i have used mamiya afds before and they are much much lighter and have automatic everything including autofocus - pretty much like a very nice film slr. they handle wonderfully.
if however you are willing to do your own focusing you have a million choices as illustrated above (: good luck, and let us know what you end up with!
- I have one of these too. my favorite camera.lightpattern
- i am not interested in the autofocus, but in a light meter in the prism, it's important to control the exposure, becose it will be time consuming to use an external light meter, which i dont have:)shoto_can
- bigtrick0
mamiya 645af - it has autofocus!
- inteliboy0
always wanted this:
but so pricey. have a lens sitting for it in my drawer...
- very nice camerabetelgeuse
- you can buy an adapters and attach it on your 35mm dslr.ok_not_ok
