1joel1
Well-known
Yep, Plaubel is the way to go. I've got a 670 and a W67. What more do you need in a MF rangefinder???
Joel
Joel
35mmdelux
Veni, vidi, vici
makina, or maquina, means machine in Spanish. Western world languages have plenty of similarities.
ZeissFan
Veteran
When buying to use turns into buying to have. Then you have enough, because you're no longer buying, you're hoarding, which is either gluttony or greed or a bit of both.
chippy
foo was here
to use your own phrase 'not to be vicious, but sorry' this latest negative comment by you deals in absolutes and curiously says more about the person making the comment than those to whom it is directed.
'when buying to use turns in buying to have, means a person has enough' is a rather narrow minded approach. and is as ridiculous as your stalwart definition declaring that it amounts to hoarding, it doesnt help your argument that its premise is based in medieval cathodian teachings of gluttony and avarice (greed).
why not let others, or better yet appreciate others, veiws and reasons to 'have' another camera. keeping an open mind and learning is more productive than a closed mind
some people only want a camera if they 'use' it and that is fine and a common point of view, while a few others seem to think thats a basis to take the high moral ground against anyone that has a camera that doesnt get used. its not heresy to want to 'have' another camera. the reasons for doing so can be as varied as there are people. enlightenment or discovery of vintage photographic eqipment and the people that used them can be just one.
jan normandale
Film is the other way
I'm not telling..
sanmich
Veteran
Very interesting thread.
I am considering a folder myself for several reasons.
I had a fuji GW690.
great camera overall. Two things made me sell it:
1- It's big. not the kind of camera you could have with you all the time.
2- for the kind of photography I intend to do on MF, a 90 is a bit too wide. I prefer a normal lens.
Now: Given the square format is not for me, and the 6x7 is even too squary for me, I remain with 4.5x6 or 6x9 folders. I just wander if the 6x9 has real advantage over the smaller format, especially given the film flatness issue.
Also, I could take a fuji GS645 in place of a much older 6x9. Do you think the fuji, with its better optics could beat or be equal to say, a bessa II ?
I am not going to do wall size enlargements, and I'll work handheld...
I am considering a folder myself for several reasons.
I had a fuji GW690.
great camera overall. Two things made me sell it:
1- It's big. not the kind of camera you could have with you all the time.
2- for the kind of photography I intend to do on MF, a 90 is a bit too wide. I prefer a normal lens.
Now: Given the square format is not for me, and the 6x7 is even too squary for me, I remain with 4.5x6 or 6x9 folders. I just wander if the 6x9 has real advantage over the smaller format, especially given the film flatness issue.
Also, I could take a fuji GS645 in place of a much older 6x9. Do you think the fuji, with its better optics could beat or be equal to say, a bessa II ?
I am not going to do wall size enlargements, and I'll work handheld...