medium format camera
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- shoto_can
i want to buy one, i will have a road trip and want to have one on me. i am only experienced in regular 35mm slrs.
a friend of mine just got a mamiya c33 and the photos look great.
the inconvenient is that the process is slow, the camera is 1.8kg, you have to use a lightmeter.
what medium format cameras do you recommend, not TLRs, but cameras you can use with viewfinder. any model, any hint, any direction, that i could follow then on ebay or something.
- jmckinno0
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=t…
Pentax 6x7
- jmckinno0
- other from sputnik, but regular cam?:)shoto_can
- oodoesnotexist
- shoto_can0
thanks alot, that pentax looks affordable
- epic_rim0
yeah, pentacon six TL
or the hasselblad 500, which is around 7-800 used on ebay
- Tungsten0
- minus the digital back on the bladTungsten
- i own this. good camera.zenmasterfoo
- pinkfloyd0
A camera's body is a work of art in itself.
- ItalianStallion0
^^^
Pentacon Six TL is the best choice.- does this have lightmeter?shoto_can
- yes you can mount a viewfinder which include a lightmeter. It's really an upgradeable camera...ItalianStallion
- http://www.pentacons…ItalianStallion
- this seam the cheapest camera far now, which viewfinder with autofocus would you recomend? thanksshoto_can
- duhsign0
I'm using a mamiya M645 1000S. Its old school but takes great pictures and you can get a pretty complete set-up for not too much money.
- Orbit0
Iused to use a Bronika ETRS. Amazing camera, and takes amazing shots every time.
The negative side of medium format is spooling off and loading new film every 12 shots in complete darkness.
The positive is that you generally only need to meter for the first shot in a given situation, and then you can rely on guesswork to accomodate changes in light and exposure requirements. Its such a robust way of photographing that you can get away with all sorts. Obviously if you light meter on a sunny day outdoors and then ten minute slater there's a thunder storm and you carry on shotting indoors, you'd have to meter again, but generally, you can just go with the first reading.
- you don't need to load the film in the dark....betelgeuse
- You do on a proper medium format camera. 'Proper' as opposed to 'compact'.Orbit
- Maybe complete darkness is an exaggeration, but you can get light bleed in daylight.Orbit
- loading in bright daylight is fine, as long as you know what you're doingbetelgeuse
- You realise you're making feel like an idiot here, for all those times I had to find a cupboard in order to change rolls.Orbit
- DAAAAMN YOU !Orbit
- lolbetelgeuse