What Medium Format Cameras Are Members Here Using?

[djdister]

A Fuji GSW690III

and a Shen Hao TFC617A

 

[Guillaume Zuili]

Current :

- Pentax 67 x3
Main setup in medium format.
Got the extra bodies when prices were close to nothing. Much needed because they are old ladies. Just got 2 back from CLA. The third one which is the oldest, not MLU, is surprisingly less prone to failure.

- Fuji GW670
Backup always under the car seat just in case.

- Rolleiflex T
Don't use 6x6 anymore, sold some others but I started photography with this one so I keep it in the vault.

- Fuji GFX100s for night work and digital archiving.

 

[davela]

The golden one: Rolleiflex 2.8F Planar

Also, when I have time:

Rolleiflex 2.8A
Kowa Six
Mamiya 220
Bronica C
and a few assorted Japanese TLRs from the 1950's, some of obscure make, but all great fun to use

 

[aoresteen]

Hasselblad 500c/CM/2000FCM, Mamiya 645 1000s, Cambo 24SF, Hasselblad SWC. Rollei 2.8C, Rollei 4x4.

 

[haw]

Mamiya 7ii + Hasselblad 501cm

 

[slodat]

(2) Hasselblad 503CW. One has a CFV-100C on it.
(2) Fuji GX680. I bought the second as a package deal to get some harder to find lenses.
RB67

I use the Fuji in for studio product photography. I have a Hasselblad in my daily carry bag along with a digital. Still feeling my way around the RB.

 

[chuckroast]

This has been an interesting thread to follow.

Over the years I have owned MF cameras from Yashica (6x6), Mamiya (in 645, 6x6, 6x9), Fuji (645, 6x9), Graflex (6x9) and Hasselblad (6x6).

Much of this I bought at firesale prices, fixed up and used for a while. At some point, the amount of machinery in the camera storage area was absurd, so I started selling things off. This thinning of the herd is now complete and I am left with "Baby" Speed Graphic for 6x9 and the Hasselblad for 6x6. They should do everything I will ever need to do until I march off life's treadmill.

I am committed to never again buying more cameras (ha!). HOWEVER ...

When I think back at all the cameras I've used, rented, borrowed, and bought over the last 5 decades, one I never actually owned and used only briefly, haunts me: The Mamiya 7. I took a 7 kit with me to Montana when my 'Blad had been stolen, and shot with the 43mm and 80mm a fair bit. They were just spectacular and the camera was a joy to use. Sometimes, I wish I'd bought that instead of a replacement 'Blad, when the insurance money came in.

In retrospect, I probably made the right decision. The Mamiya 7 has a fair bit of electronics in and parts/service are thin on the ground. Still, the those negatives ... At 16x20, the prints from them are still pretty incredible. If only they'd made one as a pure mechanical camera with the smoothness of wind the 7 had.

 

[rulnacco]

Can't remember if I responded earlier, but if I did, I've changed some things since:

Hasselblad 500CM (my usual carry-around MF camera)
Hasselblad 553ELX (my primary studio camera, shoots digital as well as film)
Hasselblad 500ELX (backup studio camera)
Rolleiflex 2.8F
Mamiya RZ67 (got a pretty extensive set of lenses & extension tubes to go with it; my favorite camera for film portraits)
Mamiya C220F
Mamiya Press Universal (shooting the 50mm lens at 6x9 is crazy good fun)

Somewhere, if I can find it, I have or used to have an old Balda Baldax 6x6 folder that I used to enjoy breaking out and shooting on occasion.

 

[fstop]

Mamiya 645 Super

Sold the Bladder.

 

[joelbolden]

I'm not sure this is the right place, but nowhere on the site do I see the category small format(4X4) so I'll list it here. Acquired a Baby Rollei Gray a few weeks ago to add to my 4X4 shooter collection which includes the Ricoh Super44 and Yashica LM44. In great shape and came with the case and lens cap. Ran a roll of Shanghai Film's Gold 220 through it and every thing works. The photos came out great. It's a fitting companion to my Rollei T and 2.8F.

 

[pallo]

• Mamiya RZ Pro ii bought new in, I guess, 1998. Haven’t used it recently, but should pick it up for some portraits.
• Rolleicord Vb bought much later and my main medium format camera.

 

[1957ExaktaVarexIIa]

As a medium format newbie, I have been trying a 1967 YashicaMat EM (before selling it for a friend) and a 1938 Rolleiflex Automat (borrowed). Both were nice but I wanted a camera for my 180 mm Sonnar that I have had for more than 40 years.

So today: a 1980 Kiev-6C which has recently been CLA'd at ARAX in Kiev, Ukraine.

With Zeiss Jena Zebra lenses: a Flektogon 50 mm f/4, a Biometar 80 mm f/2.8 and a Sonnar 180 mm f/2.8.

I still have to develop my first test films (B&W slide, Fomapan 400 reversed) after CLA but so far it has been a pleasure to take pictures with it.

Just a detail if you want to use a tripod: Make sure the camera can be fixed absolutely rock-solid. This might be a problem with the Sonnar. With mine at least.
Otherwise the pictures will lack sharpness because of the camera's heavy mirror slap, sorry to say.

 

[Sirius Glass]

• Mamiya RZ Pro ii bought new in, I guess, 1998. Haven’t used it recently, but should pick it up for some portraits.
• Rolleicord Vb bought much later and my main medium format camera.

Welcome to Photrio!

 

[naaldvoerder]

Only one,

Rolleiflex SL66

 

[Besk]

Agfa Record III,
Mamiya Universal & Press,
Rolleiflex 3.5 Whiteface,
Miniature Crown Graphic,
Horseman 980
Among others...

My miniature Crown Graphic has been my most used medium format camera for the past 5 years or so.

For walking around etc. the camera, which has been modified to accept a Horseman 6x9 back, has a Kodak Ektar 105/3.7 folded in the camera and a Schneider 65/6.8 lenses with accessories. These all fit in a small sling bag.

I substitute Schneider Apo-Symmar 100mm /5.6 and Schneider 65mm/f8 lenses for more "contemplative" photography. This kit requires a larger bag. I always use a tripod with this kit.

For hiking, traveling I have been carrying my Agfa Record III along with a smaller format camera of some sort.

 

[chuckroast]

I used to have way too many. I pared down to the two I will actually use: A Hasselblad 50x system and a "Baby" Speed Graphic with the Graflok back upgrade.

 

[marhalloweenvt]

Recently, I have just adopted a Norita 66 from my friend. So:
- TLR: Zeiss Ikoflex Favorit, Ricohflex Diacord L
- SLR: Norita 66

 

[rduraoc]

My go-to camera is the Pentax 645N, because with AF and metering I can concentrate more and faster on the composition. My slow-work (mainly portraiture) camera is the wonderful Fuji GX680III, incredible camera to use, and wonderful, enormous negatives while still having the convenience of 120 film.

 

[anthonym3]

I did an inventory of all the cameras I have or will have available to me soon. I counted 23 cameras in total, which includes 5 digital cameras. My favorite format is the middle of the road format- medium format that uses 120 film.

The medium format cameras I have are:

Holga 120
Yashica A
Fuji GW690
Fuji GSW690
Pentax 645N
Pentax 67II
Franka 6x9 Folder
Zeiss Ikon Nettar 517/2 6x9 Folder
and my recent purchase of a Mamiya RZ67 Pro.

My two favorites out of this list are both of the Pentax units, with the Fuji GW690 a third. Reason the Fuji is third is because the lens is fixed focal length, and it doesn't have a light meter of some sort. Other then that its a great camera.

What are you guys using and which is your favorite?

HASSELBLAD 500C MINOLTA AUTOCORD "EXPORT" IKOFLEX lever focus AGFA BILLY COMPUR 500c is my favorite

 

[drg3rd]

Just picked up a Hasselblad 553ELX so I’ll be giving that a try now with film and my CFV 50C II.

 

[besmith]

I'm using:

- Yashica-C TLR
- Koni-Omega Rapid
- Zeiss Super Ikonta 531/2

6x6, 6x7, and 6x9 without breaking the bank.

 

[braxus]

Still trying to buy back some of the cameras I sold off in the last 5 years. So this will be my list once I finish getting the last one.

Here's what I have now:

Pentax 67 (late model version 1) - just got this camera this week. Its rough, but functional
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.

Pentax 645N (next on my list to get)
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), but I have been watching a cheap 3D printed $400 dollar 6x17 camera that uses Schneider 4x5 lenses like the 90mm.

I sold my Pentax 645 due to it starting to fail (new buyer is aware) and the lens that had a fungus issue at one time. Looking at a 645N again to fill that void. Maybe even a Mamiya 645AF too some day or even a Contax 645 AF to get those Hassy lenses.

 

[Radost]

Still trying to buy back some of the cameras I sold off in the last 5 years. So this will be my list once I finish getting the last one.

Here's what I have now:

Pentax 67 (late model version 1) - just got this camera this week. Its rough, but functional
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.

Pentax 645N (next on my list to get)
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), but I have been watching a cheap 3D printed $400 dollar 6x17 camera that uses Schneider 4x5 lenses like the 90mm.

I sold my Pentax 645 due to it starting to fail (new buyer is aware) and the lens that had a fungus issue at one time. Looking at a 645N again to fill that void. Maybe even a Mamiya 645AF too some day or even a Contax 645 AF to get those Hassy lenses.

While I have bunch of SLRs "NO HASSELBLAH" I shoot my old and new leaf shutter rangefinders. Weight and also shooting in lower light.
I just got lucky and scored a 35mm and 150mm apo for my mamiya 645TTL and I have to say I am really impressed. Especially with the 35mm. I loaded my last fuji 400 pro H and it bugs me to do a photo shoot for sneakers ....

 

[Radost]

A Fuji GSW690III
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and a Shen Hao TFC617A
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Get the panoramic adapter. AMAZING!!!!! And honestly framing is not as bad even without panoramic framelines

 

[anthonym3]

HASSELBLAD 500C 150MM SONNAR C, 50MM DISTAGON C, IKOFLEX II lever focus 75mm 1:35 TRIOTAR, IKOFLEX 1A 75mm 1;3.5 OPTON TESSAR, AGFA BILLY COMPUR 105mm 1:4,5 SOLINAR, MINOLTA AUTOCORD 1:35 75mm ROKKOR.