Congrats. 47 mm must be more or less 21 mm in 135, correct?
The Silvestri SLV is a revelation and somewhat a learning curve for me (what I like).
It’s a 6x9 with vertical shift, and a Super-Angulon 47 mm 2nd generation with a centerfilter and a Wista roll film back.
The viewfinder is a leather bellows attached on the ground glass and loupe.
I bought it used in Italy.
The Silvestri SLV is a revelation and somewhat a learning curve for me (what I like).
It’s a 6x9 with vertical shift, and a Super-Angulon 47 mm 2nd generation with a centerfilter and a Wista roll film back.
The viewfinder is a leather bellows attached on the ground glass and loupe.
I bought it used in Italy.
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The Silvestri SLV is a revelation and somewhat a learning curve for me (what I like).
It’s a 6x9 with vertical shift, and a Super-Angulon 47 mm 2nd generation with a centerfilter and a Wista roll film back.
The viewfinder is a leather bellows attached on the ground glass and loupe.
I bought it used in Italy.
What will this camera do that a Technikardan 6x9 won’t do?
I'm also Fuji GA645zi user. What is the reason for the sell?Medium format only? Here we go:
Pentax 67 (soon for the chopping block)
Bronica ETRSi
Bronica GS-1
Yashica Mat 124G (soon to be sold)
Konica Pearl III
Fuji GA645Zi (soon to be sold)
Linhof Technika III 23
Bronica S (non functional)
I use the two Bronica system the most, and the Konica is super portable. Most of the rest will end up sold.
What will this camera do that a Technikardan 6x9 won’t do?
The Silvestri probably mounts standard graflok 6x9 backs. The Technikardan 23 doesn't--you have to use Linhof's Super Rollex 6x9 backs.
Which do you like better and why?Mamiya RB67
Hasselblad 501CM
Which do you like better and why?
That’s a hard question to answer! I like the bigger negatives from the RB67 and the rotating back to easily switch from landscape to portrait. The Hasselblad is significantly smaller and lighter and easier to carry around and has a higher build quality than the RB.
I like the focusing better on the RB and its better close focusing capabilities due to the bellows. the Hasselblad is faster to use because film advance and shutter cocking are combined, but they’re separate operations on the RB.
RB lenses have standard filter threads making finding filters easy, compared to Hasselblad lenses which use bayonet filters which are both harder to find and more expensive. Bayonet filters are quicker to attach and remove, but I’d prefer standard threaded filters.
Finally, the Hasselblad looks elegant and classy while the RB looks like a big black brute.
If I could only keep one, it would be the RB because the bigger negative trumps all the rest.
You failed to mention that carrying an RB requires wearing a truss to prevent hernias.
No, it just needs a bit larger bag, and a slightly better level of fitness.
Although if you buy a few different lenses as well, you probably can afford to carry a lot more film than if you go the route of Hasselblads.
Fewer choices of lenses! That is a deal breaker!
I bought three of my lenses 40 years ago as new. At the prices then, who could afford more than three?
Ha. About 20 years ago, I'd pieced together a Hassy system with only the camera/back/80mm being new - purchased on some promotion or another. The other lenses I had were bought used, some were Cs, some T*s and so on.
At one point, I had the whole kit stolen. I fortunately had replacement insurance on the whole lot. When I explained to my insurance agent that most of the stuff had been bought used and/or was older, he told me "you paid for replacements and you will get brand new everything". Sadly, that insurance company ceased doing business in my area and I had to change providers.
There's a footnote to this. In order to get new stuff, I had to prove ownership of the stuff that was stolen. I had receipts for everything except the 40mm C Distagon. However, I managed to find a CLA receipt for it from Gil Ghitleman which was accepted as proof. Keep your receipts!
I bought my Hasselblad equipment between 2007 and 2011 when the market was overloaded with equipment being dumped by professional photographers. I got everything on fire sale prices.
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