Claudia Moroni
Member
I'd say Bronica.
TLRs are lovely, but most of them don't have interchangeable lenses (the only ones that allow you to use portrait lenses are the Mamiya series C) and they are a bit of pain to use for close up portraits because of the parallax error.
I have used a Mamiya C3 for years before growing frustrated with said parallax error and I switched to a Bronica Sq-Ai.
Don't take me wrong, I loved the Mamiya and I took tons of portraits with it (including close ups), but life has become much easier since I got the Bronica.
Here are some shots taken with the Mamiya and the standard 80mm lens
Here are some shots taken with the Bronica and the 80mm lens on his own (first ones) and with a x2 teleconverter and close up filters

TLRs are lovely, but most of them don't have interchangeable lenses (the only ones that allow you to use portrait lenses are the Mamiya series C) and they are a bit of pain to use for close up portraits because of the parallax error.
I have used a Mamiya C3 for years before growing frustrated with said parallax error and I switched to a Bronica Sq-Ai.
Don't take me wrong, I loved the Mamiya and I took tons of portraits with it (including close ups), but life has become much easier since I got the Bronica.
Here are some shots taken with the Mamiya and the standard 80mm lens




Here are some shots taken with the Bronica and the 80mm lens on his own (first ones) and with a x2 teleconverter and close up filters



