besides the hassey, what else shoots a 6x6 format?

It's been a popular format because it's so useful. Crop into a rectangle, after the fact, or compose for square.
I really like square images...
 
The Hassy wasn't the first 6x6 SLR, by the way. The Korelle-Reflex, made by Kochmann of Dresden, was introduced in 1935 (see http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/reflexkorelle.html), and even it was preceded by the Noviflex by Eichapfel of Dresden (http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/noviflex.html). I've never seen a Noviflex, but years ago a very dear uncle, a medical pathologist, gave me the Korelle he'd used for histological photography in, I think, the early 1940's. It's not remotely as precise or robust a camera as the Hasselblad, but it was a capable camera with a variety of lenses available. For work at close range the ability to do away with the parallax problems of a twin-lens reflex is invaluable.
 
Kowa 6 - if you can find one - looks exactly like a Hasselblad, and both their 80mm lenses are equal in quality. Costs far less than a Hassy.

But I love my Rolleiflex. Slows me down, makes me contemplative, and it's so quiet.

Ted
 
I use Fujis and Bronicas but none are 6x6. Though I've shot 6x6 cameras I've never owned... Wups! Belay that; I inherited my dad's Welmy Six!
 

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I own and regularly use three Hasselblad bodies (two 500CM's, and an ELM). They are utterly reliable, and not very expensive. The lenses are what can be expensive in the V system.

In addition, I have two Pentacon-6TL bodies, Exakta 66 MK2, Kiev 6c, Kiev 60, and a Hartblei 1006m body that takes Hasselblad backs and P6 lenses.
Those P6 lenses are not particularly expensive, and are of a most excellent quality.

-Dan, use all this stuff regularly.
 
thurows said:
Nice looking camera, is that a range finder on top?
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Yes it is, an auxilliary one. Voigtlander did make a Perkeo E model with an integrated but uncoupled rangefinder, but they are quite rare and rediculously expensive in comparison.
 
Loads of folders, simple point and shoots, like the Zeiss Nettars.. Lubitel 166b, many TLRs. In it's day it probably was the most common format.
 
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