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The two leaf shutter lenses, I have the 135mm LS lens which I got in a lens bundle, use a sync cable, but you can buy a very cheap generic adapter to a hot shoe if your flash doesn't support direct cable. It's not TTL, but any cheap "auto flash" with a sensor inside the flash works. I have a...

I had the great luck to find the split focus screen for the 645n for a very reasonable price after a few months of search, from yahoo auctions Japan. With this, manual focus is smooth.

Looks pretty much like the one Jobo had in the past (quick search says it might be the Jobo 2400). And then there is of course the Rondinax (have one, but never used it...) and it's clones like the LabBox. Found here an overview over these types of tanks...

Just bought a Agfa Optima Sensor 1535 since it was a good price (40 € shipped to family in Europe, usually these sell for quite a bit more). Now I just have to get it to me in Canada...

Of the Panatomic-X I also have still a bulk roll of 35mm frozen, expired in the 70s I think. Another one to try... Not so much of a tripod shooter, but I guess for these ones I should use one. 35mm Pan F in summer was fine handheld though. Might use for the APX25 my Mamiya 6. Or Pentax 645? Or...

I found a few weeks ago 10 rolls in 120 of APX25. Never used it before, but still love the original APX100, have some in the freezer (35mm), bought them just before it ended. For the APX25, I guess I'll wait until full summer. And maybe a roll for sunny snowy winter days... Looking forward to...

Sure, I get your point, and yes, I'd optimize differently. I have anyways already an extra screen with the laptop, and a NAS/home server for easy back up and for file transfer. I'm happy with Linux and vuescan and don't rely on old windows versions, but if needed I could isolate a device in my...

If I see this right, the Sonnettech Echo III costs more then a middle class desktop PC with the card slots... So unless it's 100% necessary to run this on a modern laptop, for me it would make more sense to add a desktop... And the expansion box and the scanner are anyways not mobile devices

Which would mean lugging around a tiny bit too much gear (I guess image circle and therefore lenses aren't that much different in between them, but there are still differences in mirror size etc). But what about the people who prefer 6x7/8/9 or even something panoramic? I have nothing against...

Thanks, good to know, was only aware of some of them. But also, for most of what I do, the differences aren't significant. If I see one for a good price, sure. Higher on my list are the FA75 and FA150 lenses, I'm using the manual A versions since these are in the FA versions much more expensive...

But the difference to the nii are minor, aren't they? Especially compared to the earlier 645. (Just to clarify, I'm not the thread opener and not looking for a replacement, he had a 645)

Not everyone wants a Hasselblad. What if you don't like square, or want more automation then a fully mechanical camera? Or prefer rangefinder or TLR over SLR? What about preference for leaf shutters? I prefer the open questionnaire of pdc.... above. I never held a Hasselblad in my hand, but am...

Long time ago, 2009, the Panasonic GH1 had a multiformat sensor (4:3, 3:2, 16:9, and 1:1 aspect ratios), only 1:1 is a crop, the others are native formats. Uses an "oversized" sensor for the micro-four thirds standard and used different parts of it when switching. As far as I know this wasn't...

Here a specs comparison of all Minolta scanners: https://www.konicaminoltasupport.com/fileadmin/scanner_minolta/comparison/v_scan_e.htm I used the dimage iii and later the scan elite Ii, and never had problems with them. I used vuescan. The elite scan ii has hardware dust removal, but is slow...

I also just tried it (on Linux, had to use --no-sandbox to get it running), but neither that much convinced. Tried it on two different films (raw scans from Vuescan / Nikon Coolscan 9000, no film boarders in the files), one looked ok but very different to my interpretation (beside that I it was...