I'm teetering between a Rolleiflex TLR and a Hasselblad 'starter set';
Am I missing anything?
As far as the suggestion of a Mamiya are they not alot heavier and larger than the Hasselblad? A question not an arguement as it has been some time since I looked at them.
I don't agree. There's absolutely nothing wrong with going from "a Kia to a Rolls in one fell swoop".It does seem you are going from a Kia to a Rolls in one fell swoop. You might want to go to a Ford or something first.
I don't agree. There's absolutely nothing wrong with going from "a Kia to a Rolls in one fell swoop".
No reason to waste both time and money buying in-betweens before buying the thing you wanted in the first place.
You would only do that if you can't afford to get the 'Rolls', yet, but even then you should remember that it is in fact cheaper to skip the in-betweens.
Speaking from my own experience, I have to agree with you. I wasted a lot of money on "in-between" camera systems before I finally worked my way up to the level of Rollei, Hasselblad, and Linhof.
The only drawback is that you might get to the Rolls stage, only to discover that you really wish you had bought a Ferrari. I once traded a complete Hasselblad system for a Technika system.
"lets go shoot something old and weird camera days".
You would only do that if you can't afford to get the 'Rolls', yet, but even then you should remember that it is in fact cheaper to skip the in-betweens.
Technically, even digital starts off
as an analog voltage on the
imagining device.
I'm going to pipe up again here, re. the Ford vs Rolls discussion.
I know that the Yashica isn't in the same league as a Rollei (or for that matter a Hassy), and I do know that with a Rollei, that would spell mothballing for my beloved Yashi; but don't underestimate the results achievable with it! In terms of image quality, I'm actually very happy with it, and judging by the Yashicamat Flickr groups, so are lots of other people.
But I also know that it's on its way out, which is why I'm looking for a replacement.
Since I am fundamentally contrary, I want something 100% mechanical, or at least something which will continue to function despite the absence of batteries (I took the battery out of the Yashica's light meter long ago); this disqualifies a lot of the 'in between' cameras, and puts me in the rarefied atmosphere of 'rolls' cameras. So be it.
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