What is Your Favorite 6x6 Folder?

[Svitantti]

Balda Super Baldax is great. 80/2.9 (or 2.8 on some models), small size, good rangefinder.

Cheaper and smaller than a Zeiss I think. Still makes good photos even wide open.

 

[oftheherd]

I stand corrected. That is a very good thing that Bessa III will actually change the film transport to match the format. Just wish they would have been a bit more adventurous and made the lens f2.8.

I know a little about the Razzles, but have actually not looked seriously at them. I prefer the 6X6 for portrait work, since there is no vertical or horizontal to worry about. But I do like the 6X9 for landscape and street work. Somehow I have never grown too fond of the 6X7...

My first MF was a Yashica MAT 124 G, which I loved. However, when I got my Super Press 23, I loved the larger 6x7 negative even more. I have grown very fond of my Zeiss Ikon with the Novar lens in 6x9. Sharp lens with lots of territory on the 6x9. Still, the interchangable lenses on the Press 23 keep me coming back. Using 220 is nice too. If it were only as small and light as the Zeiss.

 

[f8nbethere]

I've been using my Ansco Super Speedex (a/k/a Agfa Super Isolette) a lot these days. I bought a new pair of prescription sunglasses and I stupidly got "polarized" lenses, which (I discovered too late) blot out the RF spot and generally funkify the viewfinders on my modern rangefinders. So, I've been toting the Super Speedex around and finding it to be amazingly good! I sometimes miss the brightline finders and auto-exposure of newer cameras, but film from the Ansco really looks great scanned with my Nikon 9000.