Chippie. Thats a nice tri of welta's !! Mine are a little more 'working' condition but i still love 'em. You have convinced me to keep the lens on the weltar instead of trying to frankenstien the gs645 lens and shutter there ( or a rollie plannar). The solinar on my Isolette I (Jsollete) is uncoated. going to back to back it with the coated solinar and see which works best for B+W.
Also what your saying about the condition of the super isolette makes sense now, what the hell was i thinking, go on twist my arm to keep it :angel: It's in my bag today ! I'm sure i'm not the first to find a secret second life for those padded, insulated baby bottle bags. The two bottle size is perfect for a folder, sekonic 308s and a few rolls of film!
Offtheherd- I think back was $179 and he had 10+ new. I'm going to try it but I want to get a second grafic with graflock back for it. Want to use a super angulon 65mm and get a cam for the RF.
Welcome to the forum Ian. It was 50's folders that made me ditch my 5D and switch to film 3 years ago.
Hi Mike,
Great shots on your blog, I lived in Tokyo for a year, what a crazy and cool city.
I also went from Canon 5D to Nikon back to RZ Pro. I now can afford my dream RZ kit which is pretty cool. I picked up a second body for $120, motordrive for $24, absurdly cheap prices on what is premium professional gear. Much as I enjoy film I will shoot digi on paid jobs like shooting a fashion look books or bulk product shoots. Right tools for the job etc. Many clients are happy to hear that they will get trannies over files, here in NY I can same day rush no extra charge and my lab is open till 10pm 7 days !! I remember when 'The Lab' in Sydney was 24 hrs miss that, wonder if its even still there.
Hows the lens on the super baldax vs certo six compared to solinar ?
I would love to put a rollei plannar onto an old welta or similar, in the meantime I saw some kids shots with a f6.3 novar nettar on flickr that blew me away. Part of me would also like a rolleiflex e or f but I figure if I'm carrying that I may as well take the RZ with all the extras stripped off to save weight. Maybe a rollei slr ? anyway back to work for me now.
I cant wait to get my 534/16 back from CLA.