Heresy but you can get digital backs for the RB67. I prefer the Polaroid backs but I was laughed out of the room last time I suggested it so I must be a glutton for punishment...
I have the C-series lenses which I can say they are quite good.
The floating element ring is annoying on the KL lenses. It does make it sharper but makes focusing a two step process.
Well, about half of the C-series lenses have the floating elements as well. And nobody is forcing you to use it! (just ignore it if you don't need laboratory-perfect flat-field imaging at closer-than-infinity distances) - it's your choice. More than half of the time, I ignore mine - only using it when I am taking serious close-ups.
OK, I just know on the original 65mm and the 'C' 90mm there is no ring. I bought a 90mm KL because they're cheap as paperweights these days and while it is sharper the KL version now has the ring. I think the 'C' 65mm may have the ring too but my original Sekor (non-C) does not.
I've forgotten to use it at all on my 90mm for a whole roll and the shots still looked OK to me for shots which are not that close. For close-ups it does seem to make a difference.
My RB67 with metered CDS prism weighs 7 pounds. While I like my RB, I use my 645 much more. The images I get with my 645 lenses are richer in color and contrast than what I get from my RB.
I cant believe I'm going to ask this but...what is a "metered CDS prism"????
So this a built in or add on internal metering system?
want to shoot 645 for one frame, 6x7 on the next, just switch backs.
Whoa. Nobody told me that. I don't want to, but that's cool.
I wasnt suggesting that you should Wayne, just making a point.
Adding a 645 back is a lot lighter and cheaper than carrying or buying a second system, ehh Roger.
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