FrankS
Registered User
I've got other more useful cameras (to me) that need cla's, so I've got a potential buyer for this camera with 100 and 150 lenses, and ground glass back, for $400. The shutters need a CLA to be reliable. Kinda hate to see it go, but the Hasselblad and Nikon F4 need to be fixed.
oftheherd
Veteran
We all have to decide what is best for ourselves. I don't have a Hasselblad nor a Nikon anything, much less an F4. But of all the cameras I have (most of which get no use), the last three kits would be the 9x12 from my father, My Fujica cameras and lenses, and my Super Press 23 with lenses and accessories. But I would cry over some of the others as they went. I have just had the Super Press 23 too long (35 years +) to part with it unless I was in real dire straits. Hope you don't end up with seller's remorse. 
charjohncarter
Veteran
I wish you had put this up 4 months ago. I just bought a rig like yours (65mm instead of 150mm) and I have been enjoying it. I would have rather spent the money with 'a RFF friend.' I still love mine especially with the 6x9 flash facility. Well, good luck with the Hassy, and the F4. I still haven't got the tilt-shift or is it some other name. Seems to me to not be of much use, still I like mine I keep it for now. I hope someone here wants one. Here is one of my flash shots with the Super 23:
and a 6x7 (Oh, so nice, I love it.):
and a 6x7 (Oh, so nice, I love it.):
oftheherd
Veteran
Are you referring to the bellows back on the Super Press 23? I never heard of a tilt/shift lens for the Press cameras. The bellows are more for correction or closeups. I have seldom used that feature on mine. I do have the extention tubes. The Mamiya Press cameras are great fun to use, have great lenses, and the large negatives give great prints. A roll of slide film will make you salivate as well.
charjohncarter
Veteran
Are you referring to the bellows back on the Super Press 23? I never heard of a tilt/shift lens for the Press cameras. The bellows are more for correction or closeups. I have seldom used that feature on mine. I do have the extention tubes. The Mamiya Press cameras are great fun to use, have great lenses, and the large negatives give great prints. A roll of slide film will make you salivate as well.
Yes, I was refering to the bellows back. I am going to run some slides though mine with the 6x9 back. I had to go to the hospital after seeing the 6x7 slides from my Pentax 6x7, so I won't look at them until I'm safely near a phone for 911.
sevo
Fokutorendaburando
With the collapsible 100mm, it can be used for tilts to infinity - it would have been a bit more useful if they had made a collapsible 75mm or 50mm.
oftheherd
Veteran
I had never thought of that. What a great idea.
oftheherd
Veteran
I understand completely.
I only have the 6x7 backs, although of course the cut film backs are 6x9. The first time I saw a 6x7 slide I was much impressed. Even b/w with the 6x7, after having only used 6x6, was a thrill.
I have used my my Zeiss Icon 6x9 and for the first time understood peoples fascination with 6x9 color negative film. Have you used your 6x9 back yet? I was worried since you hadn't reported back.
olleorama
flasher extraordinaire
I sold my super 23 last week. No remorse whatsoever. Could never agree with the 6x9 format, nor the lack of interlocks. On average I made one photogram of the darkslide per roll. 6x7 is by far my prefered format. Saving up for the mamiya 7 or fuji gw670 instead.
FrankS
Registered User
I used the money from the sale to get a couple of cameras fixed. My Hasselblad is already back and it is much more convenient to use. The F4 should be ready this week. That's a great camera too. No remorse for me either, though it is a cool old school camera.
kuzano
Veteran
Mamiya Universatility....
Mamiya Universatility....
Sold my Mamiya Universal and Super 23 bodies and backs when I got this versatile body which has a Mamiya Press mount on front and a Linhof 4X5 back.
Since the 75mm Mamiya Sekor lens covers 6X12, and nearly 4X5 at infinity, I leaped on this eBay find. I can use any Mamiya Sekor Press lens on the front. This is the old Mamiya Press front mount and even the latest press lenses mount to it with no hacking. The Linhof back is Ground Glass and Graflok mount capable, so the loss of the rangefinder is not much of an issue. For 6X12, I can use the Dayi multiformat roll film back which shoots all the 120 formats up to 6X12. I also have a 150 Mamiya Focus helical, which I can mount a 150 large format lens into.
Can also use Easy and Quickloads (have 150 sheets in the freezer)
Covers almost all the ways I can think to shoot MF.
Mamiya Universatility....
Sold my Mamiya Universal and Super 23 bodies and backs when I got this versatile body which has a Mamiya Press mount on front and a Linhof 4X5 back.
Since the 75mm Mamiya Sekor lens covers 6X12, and nearly 4X5 at infinity, I leaped on this eBay find. I can use any Mamiya Sekor Press lens on the front. This is the old Mamiya Press front mount and even the latest press lenses mount to it with no hacking. The Linhof back is Ground Glass and Graflok mount capable, so the loss of the rangefinder is not much of an issue. For 6X12, I can use the Dayi multiformat roll film back which shoots all the 120 formats up to 6X12. I also have a 150 Mamiya Focus helical, which I can mount a 150 large format lens into.
Can also use Easy and Quickloads (have 150 sheets in the freezer)
Covers almost all the ways I can think to shoot MF.
oftheherd
Veteran
Did you never try a 6x7 back? That is all I have (6x7), but have often thought it would be interesting to try 6x9. But I really enjoy the 6x7 ratio.
As to photographing the dark slide or the lens cap, yeah, I have done that. It is mostly a question of developing a workflow for when using that camera. Or at least it was for me.
charjohncarter
Veteran
I understand completely.
I only have the 6x7 backs, although of course the cut film backs are 6x9. The first time I saw a 6x7 slide I was much impressed. Even b/w with the 6x7, after having only used 6x6, was a thrill.
I have used my my Zeiss Icon 6x9 and for the first time understood peoples fascination with 6x9 color negative film. Have you used your 6x9 back yet? I was worried since you hadn't reported back.
I have only used the 6x9 with B&W. Somehow, I messed up my hip/leg so I have not been excited about taking a large camera out. I still have been using 35mm though. But I'll let you know when the Velvia comes back.