The 645 is normally smaller than that, unless you carry it around with the 100mm. Seems odd to compare the 645 with a lens nearly twice the normal-for-format focal length with the RB and a wide angle that's closer to (just over) half normal-for-focal length. But I guess that's what you had. The RB is still 2.5" taller and a whopping 2.25" longer with a wide angle lens than the M645 is with a moderate tele.
I never owned one but from looking at them the RB always looked to me like it would be similar to carrying a very light weight cinder block around.Light that is as cinder blocks go.
I was just measuring what was sitting around, the way it was sitting around.
I may be a fan boy, but when someone chooses their camera it is their camera and I do not put them or the chosen camera down.
Oh, they're heavy enough. Not a camera I want to take on walkabout or to do "street" photography with (not the least reason being how loud it is when you actually take the photo). But they CAN be hand-held - I had a several hour photo shoot in the studio recently where I shot with my RB-67 ProSD, the motorized 6x7 back (it takes 4 AA batteries!) and the 180mm f4.5 lens. That's one end of the spectrum. The other end is one of my photography professors took an RZ 67, I forget what lens (might have been the 110 f2.8), a back, the AE prism, the left-hand grip and the motor winder with him for a day's worth of shooting at Longwood Gardens, where they don't allow tripods. The weight was enough that the next day, his hand and wrist had gone numb from a pinched nerve and he was unable to use the left hand for two or three days afterward.
more accurately, you don't pick it up because it's not a Hasselblad.
Not true, I still go to Samys and look at and handle other cameras several times a year.
So whats the secret to remembering the orientation of the film back? I have a Pro-S body and back, and when I compose something in one or the other I often forget to rotate the back to that orientation, or vice versa. I know there is a way to address this (at least on later cameras) but I either forgot or never knew what it is.
Mmm... The red lines tell you, in the viewfinder, which orientation you're in. I've never had any issues with this. You can also sense it by feel by just touching the back...
The older bodies don't have the lines
But the Pro-S that Wayne has definitely does.
You can also sense it by feel by just touching the back...
My bad; I have the Pro
Where it gets to be a real challenge is when you have a 6x4.5 back mounted. Because portrait orientation is the norm, and landscape is when the back is turned.
With a Pro body, you need to get into the habit of glancing down at the back. If the winder isn't on the top, the film is in portrait orientation.
Where it gets to be a real challenge is when you have a 6x4.5 back mounted. Because portrait orientation is the norm, and landscape is when the back is turned.
Why would you want to shoot 6x4.5 on an RB67? Maybe if that's your only medium format camera and you want to extend your film supply, maybe.
I have an M645 Pro I like a lot. I'd just use it.
With a Pro body, you need to get into the habit of glancing down at the back. If the winder isn't on the top, the film is in portrait orientation.
Where it gets to be a real challenge is when you have a 6x4.5 back mounted. Because portrait orientation is the norm, and landscape is when the back is turned.
No no you don't get it. I can rotate the back, look in the finder and by that time I've already completely forgotten about the back.
I need help.I may need to get a Pro-S, if that's what it takes.
I think having the finder with both landscape and portrait lines hurts me, because can frame either way in my mind and it doesn't necessarily correspond to the back. I'm used to large format, where you KNOW if you've rotated the back.
when you advance your film between shots, you'll realize where the back is.
oops... paul, you beat me to it.
If you shot 6x6 you would not have this problem. Check out the Mamiya C330, Rollei or Hasselblad.
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