The Moskva 5 is such a great camera!! not expensive but a gem!!
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I'm using a Bronica ETR with the only lens I have (out of 3) that fires every time. The other lenses need the shutters pulled out and cleaned. I have lots of other medium format options but the ETR is a great size giving great quality.
My main MF camera is a Hasselblad 500 C/M with 50mm, 80mm and 120mm lenses that is permanently attached to a tripod. I also have a Rollei 3.5 MX-EVS that I use hand held when I am out and about.
I'm another happy ETR user too. Have a silver ETRS and two ETRSi cameras, plus the 40 MC (black ring), 50 PE, 50 MC (black ring), 75 PE, 75 EII, 105 MC, 150 PE, 200 PE, and 1.4X and 2.0X converters, plus the Motor Drive E as well.
I downsized from Mamiya RB67 down to ETR system and i'm very happy so far. Lenses are very sweet although i wish they had more diaphragm blades, my only complaint really.
As for the lenses, remember that the shutter is the same in almost all lenses from the same era/line (i.e. MC). A technician can swap them if needed.
Yashica MAT-124G
Rollei SLX
Bronica RF-645
Bronica GS-1
I also have a Mamiya Press but the thing weighs a ton and I don't have a 6x9 enlarger, so I really don't use it.
Rollei SLX
Bronica RF-645
Bronica GS-1
I also have a Mamiya Press but the thing weighs a ton and I don't have a 6x9 enlarger, so I really don't use it.
I just re-spooled some 120 Delta 400 onto 620 spools for my treasured Kodak Medalist II to devour. I have far too many cameras, but one stands tall above all and that's my Medalist. After the Yellow God made the Kodak Medalist I and II he threw the mold away. JohnW
Well if I had a Medalist then I would indeed agree with what you said on another post -- "One focal length lens is all you need.". Make my lens an Ektar, make my day.
People with Medalists (and other one-lens cameras) say this because one focal length is all they get. If I have a choice between a Canonet and a Contax, the Canonet isn't going to win.
Don,
I don't disagree with you at all. It's nice to have options when it comes to focal length that's for sure. You hear the same kind of argument when it comes to the use of zoom lenses vs set focal length lenses on SLR and DSLR cameras. I bought a very good 35mm SLR from the PX when I was in Vietnam. It wasn't until 5 or 6 yrs. later that I acquired a 28mm and 105mm for that camera. I made due with what I had and got some great shots with that old camera. Zoom lenses at that time were just not in the same category, optically speaking, as they are now, so straight focal length lenses were the norm back then. I shot my first wedding with it and its standard 50mm lens and nobody complained at all. Kodak did make a tele Series 6 filter, closeup filter and also extension backs, all of which I have, for the Medalist cameras, but they can't come close to a wide or telephoto lens that's for sure. You're a Retina II man and can understand what I'm talking about. Oh, and I have a Retina II and Signet 35 for the smaller format stuff also. JohnW
I'm not a Retina II user. I have Canonets, a Petri 7s, a Weltini (pre-War folder with f/2 Xenon), and a Kiev 4 with three lenses. I've also got a Motormatic 35, Signet 35 (with sticky shutter), and Bantam RF (with sticky shutter). For SLR I have a few M42 bodies, 35, 50, 135, and 300 primes, an a 70-200 zoom, for my Nikkormat I have a 50/1.4 prime and can borrow some autofocus lenses that still work with pre-AI cameras. For MF I have folders, a Kodak Reflex II, and an RB67 with 50, 90, and 250, plus 2x tele-extender, 0.46x filter ring converter, and both macro rings.
Most days, I carry my Daiichi Zenobia and the Weltini.
Most days, I carry my Daiichi Zenobia and the Weltini.
Don,
Okay, my bad on the Retina man thing.! I have many of the same cameras you have, which, as my wife says, is far too many. My Canon QL17 is a very good camera. My Motormatic 35mm, meter not so good. I overhauled my Signet 35 and it works like a charm and reminds me of a mini-Kodak Medalist with a cheaper shutter. I sold my Kodak Reflex I and II, but they were very good performers. Except for the peeling leatherette, my Zenobia is a very fine camera optically, but I seem to use other cameras more often. I'm not a super-big fan of 6.45cm format either. As for the 35mm format? I have tons of 35mm cameras, but use almost none since I prefer medium format. I guess it's each to his own. So, enjoy what you have. JohnW
Okay, my bad on the Retina man thing.! I have many of the same cameras you have, which, as my wife says, is far too many. My Canon QL17 is a very good camera. My Motormatic 35mm, meter not so good. I overhauled my Signet 35 and it works like a charm and reminds me of a mini-Kodak Medalist with a cheaper shutter. I sold my Kodak Reflex I and II, but they were very good performers. Except for the peeling leatherette, my Zenobia is a very fine camera optically, but I seem to use other cameras more often. I'm not a super-big fan of 6.45cm format either. As for the 35mm format? I have tons of 35mm cameras, but use almost none since I prefer medium format. I guess it's each to his own. So, enjoy what you have. JohnW
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I have owned a number of medium format camera, mainly TLRs and folders. Now I own and shoot: Flexaret standard, Rolleicor V, Iskra, Moskva 5, Kodak Tourist, Kodak duo six, Bessa 66, Franka Solida. All of them fine cameras in good usable condition. The moskva and bessa are currently loaded with HP5
I shoot 6x4.5 with a Mamiya 645 1000s. I shoot 6x6 with a Yashica D and a Noon 66 pinhole camera. I shoot 6x9 with a Zeiss Ikon Ikonta 523/2 folding camera.
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I have a Zenobia but i don't give it use... I have only shot 1 roll with it. The lens is very good, though.
I didn't use mine for several years because it has no strap lugs, so can only be carried on a strap with the everready case (and mine has the stitching failed). Until I realized the camera is so small it'll easily fit in a jacket pocket or in the tiny carrying case I used to use for my Olympus Pen EES-2. I now carry either the Zenobia or my (35 mm) Weltini in that bag, along with extra film, cable release, and light meter, and the other camera in my jacket pocket. With spring coming on, I may have to choose which camera to carry soon...
Quite a dramatic format shift, from half frame to medium format...
I have the Pen D, the Pen S, and the rare Pen W. Nice machines. I just handled a Pen FT today, didn't like it. I prefer the smaller scale-focusing machines.
Yes. Over the past forty years, I've owned and used cameras from 10x14 format Minolta 16 up to 4x5. At present, I prefer larger film -- my Speed Graphic and three Grafmatics has a lead here -- but for daily carry I need something compact. The Zenobia does very well in this tradeoff; depending on the weather, this might change to my Mamiya Six or Moskva 5.
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I have several to choose from:
Pentax 67II
Mamiya RZ67
Mamiya C330
Rollei 3.5F
Fuji GA645
Mamiya 6
The Mamiya 6 is my favorite 'winter' camera. Since the lens collapses, the camera becomes compact enough that I can carry it around my neck under my coat. It is also easy to operate with gloves on. ---jb.
Pentax 67II
Mamiya RZ67
Mamiya C330
Rollei 3.5F
Fuji GA645
Mamiya 6
The Mamiya 6 is my favorite 'winter' camera. Since the lens collapses, the camera becomes compact enough that I can carry it around my neck under my coat. It is also easy to operate with gloves on. ---jb.
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I use the Rollei Tele model. It is wonderful but hard to find and costly. I bought mine new.
OK, we have a winner. It is all downhill from here.
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No Rollei Wide's out there?
OK, single owner Rollei Wide and we'll have a tie for first.
Gee I have one MF camera and it has all three lenses and more available. If you want to tout a Rollei at least tout a Rollei SLR.
I've heard that Rollei wides in good condition are nearly impossible to get. That's a fantastic Rollei long for sale here:
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