I was thinking about that too maybe trying something I am not comfortable with so I can learn and get out of my comfort zone. Ive made a decision to get something ill have fun with and something different. I can always sell it if I dont like it at all but I doubt that will happenA lot of wedding photographers used to shoot 6x6. They liked the square format because they could decide upon the crop later. So what I am saying is that you can shoot square and then crop to a rectangle later. Of course you will be using more film than a 645 camera. With 6x6 you also don't have to change the tripod head position for shooting landscape versus portrait images. RB67's have a revolving back to solve this but of course the downside is that the revolving back makes the camera larger and heavier. RB's are essentially 7x7 cameras that expose 6x7 images.
Personally, I own an 8x10 camera and a couple medium format 6x6 TLR's. I find mixing it up (rectangle versus square) helps me creatively. It's fun too!
I was thinking about that too maybe trying something I am not comfortable with so I can learn and get out of my comfort zone. Ive made a decision to get something ill have fun with and something different. I can always sell it if I dont like it at all but I doubt that will happen
Heres just a website link
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Re hand held meters, shop for a used one. Coupla years ago I bought a cute little Sekonic L-328 at a camera show for all of $20. They're offered on eBay for similar prices.
Thanks for the feedback on my photo! Pensacola is not what you think of when you say boring town. I love those run down towns or small towns but pensacola is like....i dont know how to put it you just have to live here I guess. Its so depressing here theres no market so nothing has changed for a while now. Im actually making a photo book of this place just to show how bad it is and it actually has improved my photography quite a bit. Ill be moving to bentonville arkansas this december.I like the composition of the light post and buildings in the first photo; I also like the photo of the old building.
Don't dismiss what may seem to be boring small towns - I think it would help to view it with "different eyes", so to speak - like a newcomer to the town. Such places are what I enjoy making photos of as a sort of historical archive, since I know they will change as time goes by.
My recommendation as well.
Ya i dont crop either. What do you think about minoltas? My 35mm is a minolta my mother gave me and I might want a collection goingTLR's are fun to use, I use them alongside my LF equipment, don't be afraid of the square format, I can think of some great photographers who shot to the format and never cropped, but that's a personal choice (not to crop).
If you're happy with a fixed lens then something like a Yashicamat 124 or 124G is a good first TLR, sometimes you cam=n be lucky and get Rolleiflex cameras at bargain prices as well. If you want inter changeable films them there's the Mamiya C series are excellent, something like a C33 or C330.
Ian
Ya i dont crop either. What do you think about minoltas? My 35mm is a minolta my mother gave me and I might want a collection going
Oh ok thanks probably not worth it. So in tlr's is the composition ever off because the lens you look through is seperate from the actual lens in front of the film? I think its concidered parallaxThe AAutocords are good camera not as common so can fetch higher prices. Like all older camera factor in the possibility they might need a CLA.
Ian
Oh ok thanks probably not worth it. So in tlr's is the composition ever off because the lens you look through is seperate from the actual lens in front of the film? I think its concidered parallax
Seems reasonable
Oh my gosh I want it. I have found the one lol. Are they reliable or is there anything I should know about the camera? Not to knowledgable with kievsThough you said that you don't like square format ...
There's a nice Kiev 88 Medium Format SLR Outfit (Arsat 3,5 / 30mm + Arsat 2,8 80mm) for a great price in the Classifieds : https://www.photrio.com/forum/threa...ormat-slr-outfit-300-shipped-in-conus.154675/
Edit : I just saw it comes with a 6x4.5 insert for the back too ...
Doing some reading it seems like they break pretty easilyThough you said that you don't like square format ...
There's a nice Kiev 88 Medium Format SLR Outfit (Arsat 3,5 / 30mm + Arsat 2,8 80mm) for a great price in the Classifieds : https://www.photrio.com/forum/threa...ormat-slr-outfit-300-shipped-in-conus.154675/
Edit : I just saw it comes with a 6x4.5 insert for the back too ...
Doing some reading it seems like they break pretty easily
Actually, an RB/RZ is an 8x8 camera - you can get 6x8cm backs for the RB (which can be adapted to the RZ). So yeah, it's a big pig. But I just came back from a three-day excursion to Mexico City with an RZ and three lenses (50, 110, 180). Didn't shoot a single frame of my 10 rolls with a tripod (although I brought it just in case). And 10 rolls is somewhat low production volume for me, but I had other things I was doing in addition to photographing.A lot of wedding photographers used to shoot 6x6. They liked the square format because they could decide upon the crop later. So what I am saying is that you can shoot square and then crop to a rectangle later. Of course you will be using more film than a 645 camera. With 6x6 you also don't have to change the tripod head position for shooting landscape versus portrait images. RB67's have a revolving back to solve this but of course the downside is that the revolving back makes the camera larger and heavier. RB's are essentially 7x7 cameras that expose 6x7 images.
Personally, I own an 8x10 camera and a couple medium format 6x6 TLR's. I find mixing it up (rectangle versus square) helps me creatively. It's fun too!
Actually, an RB/RZ is an 8x8 camera - you can get 6x8cm backs for the RB (which can be adapted to the RZ). So yeah, it's a big pig. But I just came back from a three-day excursion to Mexico City with an RZ and three lenses (50, 110, 180). Didn't shoot a single frame of my 10 rolls with a tripod (although I brought it just in case). And 10 rolls is somewhat low production volume for me, but I had other things I was doing in addition to photographing.
... The optics, however, are often outstanding. You can count on a nice old Yashicamat, not so much a Kiev 88.
The parallax issue with TLRs is not really an issue at most distances. For very close shots you'll need the rolleinar cu attachments, one fits the viewing and one the taking lens & parallax is corrected for. The Minolta Autocord is a fine camera. You do not have interchangeable lenses in TLRs except for Mamiyas -- but they are way heavier than the Rollei and Rollei copies like the Autocord.Oh ok thanks probably not worth it. So in tlr's is the composition ever off because the lens you look through is seperate from the actual lens in front of the film? I think its concidered parallax
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