What Medium Format Cameras Are Members Here Using?

[Motopreserve]

I’m new here as well.

Mamiya M645 1000S
Yashica Mat (non 124…)

Both cameras are great to use - but took some getting used to being my first waist level finders.

Lately been favoring the Yashica because it came to me broken (aperture/shutter dials decoupled, shutter button damaged, missing various screws & cover etc), but I was able to get back up and running. The picture quality coupled with the satisfaction of having fixed it is keeping it at the top of the list for now.

 

[MontanaJay]

Let's see... a 4x5 Crown Graphic and a 2 1/4 x 3 /14 Speed Graphic with a roll film back, a 19th century Blair 4 x 5 plate camera, a 1940 Rolleiflex that my Dad brought back from the war, a Rooskie Lubitel I got at a garage sale for $1 and a recently acquired Mamiya M645. Of those, I've only used the Rollei and the Mamiya.

 

[braxus]

Since my finances are slowly getting better again (slowly), Im trying to buy back some of the cameras I sold off in the last 4 years. So this will be my list once I finish getting the last one.

Here's what I have now:

Pentax 645
Holga 120
Zeiss Ikon Nettar 517/2 6x9 Folder

Those are what I kept. Here below is what is on my buy list. First one is already partially mine, as I just need to finish paying it off:

Pentax 67II
Pentax 645N
Fujica GW690
Fujica GSW690- maybe on this one

And one I'd like to get down the road some day:

Fujifilm G617 (GX version is just too much money)

 

[film4Me]

Do old folders count?

1909 Kodak No4 D from the STEPHEN SHOHET COLLECTION, shutter needs repairing but that's underway now.

 

[loccdor]

This year I'm mostly using an Autocord TLR. The previous year was predominantly a Mamiya 645 Junior with Pentacon Six lenses, and the year before that largely a Voigtlander Bessa 6x9 folder.

 

[ags2mikon]

I have a bunch of them and I tend to use one for a while then switch to another. It's a bit like buying a new camera with out the expense. At the moment I am playing with my Kiev-60's.

 

[Minox]

Rolleiflex 2.8F and a Zeiss Ikonta 521 (6x4.5), with Opton Tessar.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Do old folders count?

1909 Kodak No4 D from the STEPHEN SHOHET COLLECTION, shutter needs repairing but that's underway now.

Old folders are wonderful.

 

[film4Me]

Old folders are wonderful.

Yes, they certainly are, however, I'm still in my learning curve with them, already produced some strikingly clear and sharp test shots. In my post I didn't mean for "Stephen Shohet Collection" to be in larger bold text, it came out like that after pasting from another source. Still, I'm proud to own one of his cameras. The Kodak No4 is being well looked after, but before it can be used, the two shutter blades need replacing and I'm waiting for the material to arrive, to get to work making them out of 0.40mm brass sheet.

A pic I took of the camera. It has a swing back, but if one didn't know what the side locks were for, the swing back might be missed, the camera was that well designed and constructed. You have to search for the join between the body and the back.

 

[Thesecondone]

Mamiya man

I have : Mamiya 7,C330 , RB67


I have till give my C330 some love as it’s taken my best pictures since i started on medium format

 

[Jan-Peter]

Honestly I was just hesitating to reply;

- however; since nearly 40 years a Hasselblad 500 C/M with the Distagon CF 3,5/30mm, Distagon CF 4,0/50mm, the CF Planar 2,8/80mm, the Sonnar CF 4,0/150mm and a Tessar CF 5,6/350mm - and also the Carl Zeiss Mutar-II - and several Magazins, A.12, A.16, A.24 and A.70 for 70mm film.

Over all them 40 years I took approximately 24.000 pictures that includes approximately 6.000 mainly colour- and some b&w slides.

This ist the only medium format camera - and I am very happy with it any time I use it; also when hiking in the mountains high up, as it is simple and vey reliable.

Jan-Peter

 

[Brickbird]

Presently have 2 Rollei SL66's, RZ 67 Pro, Mamiya C330, C220. One of the Rollei's has been externally overhauled with a covering kit I bought decades ago. It usually has the 40mm Distagon on it for my favorite near/far landscapes. It is my favorite medium format camera by far. Lenses for it are 40, 80, 120, 150. The 40 is the winner in that group. The C330 with the 55mm is very nice also.

 

[Roger Thoms]

I use the GX inside and the two rangefinders outside, mostly prospecting. Although I have used the GX out of the back of the Jeep a couple of times. Carrying it is about the same weight and bulk as carrying an 8x10 field camera.

And yes, the lenses are fantastic.

I'm surprised more people don't use them.

My experience too, GX680 with three lens and all the other accessories in a backpack was within one pound of my 8x10 with three lens, three film holders and all the other accessories also in a backpack. Grant I can shoo a lot more images with the GX680, but the way I shoot 8x10 three holders is plenty.

Roger

 

[Donald Qualls]

GX680 with three lens and all the other accessories in a backpack was within one pound of my 8x10 with three lens,

Definitely. My RB67 with 50, 90, and 250 mm lenses, a couple roll film backs, and the waist level finder (the lightest of the three) weighs about what my Graphic View II (all metal monorail) does with 2-3 Grafmatics and three mounted lenses. A wood field camera or Crown Graphic in 4x5 would be a good bit lighter.

 

[2ndGenNikonian]

Another Autocord user here. Got one on the cheap, and it's been a blast to use. The controls are so different to what I'm used to as an SLR user, and I can't keep it straight to save my life. Still, I'm loving the images that little Tessar makes, and I like the look of the 6x6 format.

 

[braxus]

Here's what I have now:

Pentax 645
Pentax 67II
Holga 120
Zeiss Ikon Nettar 517/2 6x9 Folder

Those are what I kept. Here below is what is on my buy list. First one is in the works, as I just need to finish paying it off by mid July:

Pentax 67 (Late Version 1)
Pentax 645N
Fujica GW690
Fujica GSW690- maybe on this one

And one I'd like to get down the road some day:

Fujifilm G617 (GX version is just too much money)

 

[Sanug]

Recently I like my Rolleicord V. The Kiev 60 is left at home the most time. And I have the Adox Golf I folder. Lightweight and small.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

I love my Rolliecord. I discovered a little bit of fungus on an inner element of the taking lens, but it doesn't appear to affect the sharpness or contrast.

 

[choppastyle]

I've been using a Yashica Mat 124 since they were $80. I recently got a GW670II which is great.

 

[thinkbrown]

My first medium format camera was a Ciroflex TLR which I'm still rather fond of (though it developed a light leak that's proving tricky to track down). I had started assembling a Mamiya 645 1000s system but my body kicked the bucket and I got the nasty surprise that body prices had skyrocketed since I purchased mine.

Now I'm pretty much all in on the Mamiya Press and I absolutely love it. Various formats, flexible shooting styles, typically stellar Mamiya glass, and a very reasonable price point. I only bought it at the end of February but I've probably shot more rolls through it than the 645 and ciroflex combined.

 

[Nokton48]

SONY DSC by Nokton48, on Flickr

This is my loaded ready to go Minolta Autocord, great for traveling around. Delta 100 B&W YG Filter, Bee Release. On a tripod I add this Baseplate, machined from a block by Dan Daniels, specifically for the Autocord. Dan also helped me change out the Hood to a Hasselblad Early Stovepipe, what a great combination. Finished this off with a Rubber Eyecup from a Kiev 60 Meter Prism. Great eyecup works on NC2 Prisms also.

 

[Fatih Ayoglu]

Yashica 124G - if I travel for business for few days
Blad 500C/M - if I travel by car somewhere nice (or by plane for more than a week)
Fuji GX680iii - only if I travel by car
Fuji GL690 x2 - if I don’t want to take Blad with me

Both Blad and GL690 have plenty of lenses so they substitute each other.

 

[wjlapier]

Another Autocord LMX.

 

[Sanug]

I own a Rolleicord Vb. And I recently purchased a Zenza Bronica SQ-A set with Zenzanon-S 3.5/50, 2.8/80, 3.5/150 mm lenses, 2 film magazines and 2 viewfinders (waist level finder + TTL prism). I added a Zenzanon-S 4/40 mm ultrawide from ebay.

Everything works very fine and I like the handling and the image quality very much. The Bronica is quite loud and you feel a heavy mirror slap similar to the Kiev 60, but I had no problems with blurred images although I shoot without a tripod. If the noise and the weight is an issue, I take the silent and lightweight Rolleicord. Both cameras are a joy to use for me.

 

[AERO]

Zenith 80..........Franke Solida.