Hello all
I've been doing a research on medium format folding cameras and found that cheaper ones have (obviously) poor selection of shutter speeds. Most troubling for me is 1/250 min. speed which is abysmal in my opinion, especially considering that these folders usually don't incorporate filter threads and one would be forced to use proprietary snap-on filters, to use ND on cameras. So far I have found only a few affordable folding cameras, which are:
Voigtlander Perkeo (with Color Skopar lens and better shutter). This one is undoubtedly a gem, being the smallest 6x6 folder out there.
Mamiya 6. These come with true, coupled rangefinders and sometimes are able to do 6x4.5 exposures in addition to standard 6x6.
Zeiss Ikon Ikonta. Not exactly cheap, or to my liking, but still, it's Zeiss and all.
The question is: am I missing some decent models with fast shutters, or it's common for folders to have slow speeds simply because there were no fast films and fast lenses available? I even saw one Balda camera with f/2.9 lens which had 1/200 or 1/250 max. speed.
Thank you!
I've been doing a research on medium format folding cameras and found that cheaper ones have (obviously) poor selection of shutter speeds. Most troubling for me is 1/250 min. speed which is abysmal in my opinion, especially considering that these folders usually don't incorporate filter threads and one would be forced to use proprietary snap-on filters, to use ND on cameras. So far I have found only a few affordable folding cameras, which are:
Voigtlander Perkeo (with Color Skopar lens and better shutter). This one is undoubtedly a gem, being the smallest 6x6 folder out there.
Mamiya 6. These come with true, coupled rangefinders and sometimes are able to do 6x4.5 exposures in addition to standard 6x6.
Zeiss Ikon Ikonta. Not exactly cheap, or to my liking, but still, it's Zeiss and all.
The question is: am I missing some decent models with fast shutters, or it's common for folders to have slow speeds simply because there were no fast films and fast lenses available? I even saw one Balda camera with f/2.9 lens which had 1/200 or 1/250 max. speed.
Thank you!