Please stop me...

[Doug]

I recently acquired a couple of those tiny Minolta subminiature 16mm cameras (minox spy camera clone). Is that film still available anywhere? Or the processing?

Hi Russ-- You might look at this webpage for info on that. If you'd like to see some grain, how about using a wide angle lens on your 35 and cropping like crazy? 🙂

Actually, I'm looking forward to seeing some nice Tri-X grain with a couple of Olympus Pen half-frame rolls.

 

[Rich Silfver]

Even though it's not a rangefinder - but if you're considering the Mamiya 645 I would take look at the Hasselblad 500C/M.
Now with prices dropping a kit with back, 80mm Planar lens and waistlever finder is available for under 1,000.

It's a great camera. Manual, clunky but I love it - and it's lenses. 🙂

This is how much fun you have if you use it!! 😀

 

[Doug]

Oops! I neglected to put in the web page URL for the Minolta 16 film info I was trying to reference in the previous post!

http://members.fortunecity.com/minivanman/min16film.html

 

[oftheherd]

I've a 645 1000 (little used amateur camera) with the 80mm f/1.9.

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if you drop the 50mm (same diagonal coverage on 6x9 as the 43mm is on 6x7, by the way!) you probably won't cry as much...

But you will cry! The 50mm is some sharp lens btw. Unfortunately, those are never priced as well as some of the other lenses. Also btw, it you want one and it is priced less because it has no viewfinder, look for a 65mm orphaned viewfinder and use the outer edges. Close enough (edit: at least for 6x7, I don't know how far off it would be for 6x9).

 

[Pherdinand]

Rich...you are a woman? Not that it matters...
😀

 

[back alley]

that's a friend of his who also has a blad. they sometimes shoot together.
at least that's my recollection of things.

jr

 

[SolaresLarrave]

Yes, joe, that's the case; Rich photographed this friend of his, another photographer who also shoots with a Hassy. I think it's a very charming candid shot. How about you?

 

[rover]

that's a friend of his who also has a blad. they sometimes shoot together.
at least that's my recollection of things.

jr

I saw that this morning and figured to just leave it for Richarda to answer.

 

[back alley]

are ya sayin' i have a big mouth? :angel:

jr😎

 

[Rich Silfver]

Nah, I'm just a guy...sorry to disappoint 🙂

Like mentioned above she's a fellow 'blad user here in San Francisco and the above was a 'dueling' shot when we shot eachother using 'blads 🙂

 

[Pherdinand]

"shot each other"? So, can we see the other shot too? 🙂

 

[Rich Silfver]

No 🙂