Go for the Rolleiflex 2.8 (or 3.5) E model. If you're used to shooting all manual all mechanical cameras, they'll fit like a glove. And an E in decent working order isn't that big of an ask either - both of mine were purchased for under $600. The one needed an overhaul, which was a little pricey at $400, but now that it's done, it's like butter - focusing and setting shutter/aperture are silky smooth, focusing is dead accurate, and exposures are dead on what I set them to (no accounting for user error). The other one was perfectly fine for a couple years before it too needed servicing, but like the first one, now that it's serviced, it's nothing but a joy to use. And they can take heavy use too - I just put 70-ish rolls through one of mine on my Italy trip.
Roger the divorce will pass and soon you will learn to buy a camera without asking for permission first.
Actually what would interest me is the ability to play with tilt/shift. Possibly one of the press cameras, which are pretty cool looking as well, but what I'd really like to find is a 35mm system that I could use on both my Nikon DSLRs and F100. Not sure if something exists, I haven't looked yet.
Nikon did make at least one tilt-shift lens, and I think there are some FSU/Russian-made tilt-shift lenses out there in Nikon mount.
I'm just wondering if there's a bellows style system rather than the solid lenses.. I swear I saw something like that hooked to a Nikon... in the 1980s..
I do not use the Hasselblad 903 SWC [38mm Biogon lens] very often, so why would I want to by the Hasselblad 30mm fisheye lens? I can hardly think of a use for it. ... But the price is just so good, how am I going to pass it up?? I know better than asking the APUGgers to save me!
That's a Nikon PB-4 macro bellows.
I could not resist the 20% off from KEH, so I am waiting for the Zeiss glass to be delivered.
That's a Nikon PB-4 macro bellows.
Can it only be used for macro photography?
Checking to see what the Hassy 30mm looks like...
...ok, the front element is an impressive surface.
My photographer friend would make these ultra wide photos at the beach - he'd stand about three feet from a piece of driftwood or a rock, get down low, keep the horizon level, and make the shot. The results were good - no distortion or fisheye effect. The photo looked like you were standing right there with your normal human wide vision.
How does a wonderful thread like this go dormant for two years?
I'm currently lusting after a Kodak brownie hawkeye flash model. I've always loved the way they looked and the photos they produce definitely have a dreamy quality about them. I would love to get my hands on one, if for no other reason then to just physically see what they're like. That being said, I'm trying to cut back the number of cameras that I own, not add to them.
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