I have a Rolleicord IV with a schneider Xenar lens that's very sharp stopped down (nice 16x20's) and has beautiful bokeh for protraits wide open.
Very light, very simple, very little to go wrong. For 300 you could get a good one, a Rolleinar (see Sanders McNew's excellent work in the gallery), a #12 yellow filter and a bay 1 hood.
On the other hand $300 gets you alot of mamiya TLR these days and theyre great but HEAVY but neither this nor the Rollei TLR are SLR's. Being you've used a TLR and I'll assume 35mm SLRs you know the different reasons for using one over the other but I love people's reaction or lack there of to my R'Cord .
I have a Rolleiflex MX-EVS available for $200 plus shipping if you're interested.
-Will
I have a Rolleiflex MX-EVS available for $200 plus shipping if you're interested.
-Will
Would I be better off trying to find a Mamiya or Bronica 645 with 80mm lens and a film back?
How about folding cameras, like the Ikontas?
These are just not in the same league optically as the Rolleiflex. Fun to use, compact, but no Rolleiflex.
The TLR was the professional medium format tool of its day.
Not in the same league optically? IMO, a folding camera with a good quality lens mounted on it would optically outperform any TLR. One nice thing about view cameras is the huge availability of lenses that can be mounted on them. As far as convenience and ease of use, folders are definitely not in the same league as TLR's (or SLR's).
Were TLR's around before Hasselblad SLR's (or any other MF SLR's)? I was always under the impression that TLR's were just a more affordable alternative to MF SLR's (I had a TLR before I could afford a MF SLR). I can't imagine TLR being the professional medium format tool of its day if Hassies were in existence at the time (or any MF SLR).
If, by "folder," you mean a view camera, then you are on firmer ground.
But my Rolleiflex negatives seem to hold their own against my 4x5 negatives when enlarged to the same sizes.
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