Bronica GS-1: system lenses are better than reputation; 6 X 7 format offers large negatives, and the right size for me. Less bulky than Mamiya RZ, which I sold due to weight and overall size. However, my preferred color film, Ektar 100 is suddenly difficult to find here in Ohio. If this continues I may have to reevaluate system.
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Why wouldn't it count? This rather weird combination is proof of imagination!Does a Calumet C2 6x7cm roll back on a Toyo 45C count? It’s got an 80mm Yashikor lens that came out of a broken Yashica 635 (which now does service as a pinhole camera).
Oh man, I probably shouldn't write them all down, because that's just acknowledging the problem.
Mamiya 645 1000s (rarely used)
Mamiya 645 Pro/TL (used more often than the 1000s, and I have 4 of them)
Mamiya C220
Mamiya RB67 PRO SD (most often used MF cameras I own, I have 3 of them)
Goodman Zone
Bessa I
Bessa II
Bronica S2A (rarely used anymore, don't like dim viewfinder)
Brownie Hawkeye
Yashicamat
Kowa Six (own 3 or 4 working ones and a bunch of cannibalized others) (really enjoy using the Kowa Six)
Kowa Super 66 (2 working ones) (enjoy using but the removable film backs are huge)
Hasselblad 500C (early)
Hasselblad 500CM
Holga 120N (several)
Holga 120 Pinhole
Holga 120 Pan
NOON 612 Pinhole
Fuji GX617 (love using it, but don't use it often enough)
If I had to narrow down what I had, I'd probably keep 1 of each aspect ratio, and those would be the following:
6x4.5 = Mamiya 645 Pro TL
6x6 = Holga 120N
6x7 = Mamiya RB67 Pro SD
6x9 = Bessa II
6x12 = Holga 120 Pan
6x17 = Fuji GX617
Jeremy
Good heavens, shooting all these camera's must be a full time job!
Even keeping these mechanical (focal-) shutters alive and well running is, as they must be fired once a month on all speeds...
The WLF took a long time to get used to! I avoided using it for a few years because of it.
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.
Very much a matter of what you're used to. The very first camera I used (age 7 or 8) was a Kodak Duaflex II pseudo-TLR; after that I owned a succession of box cameras, all with bright finders (which have a mirror like a reflex WLF). In high school, I had a Kodak Reflex II TLR.
Due to that early experience, I find waist level finders easy enough, but there are still times (like shooting action of any kind) where a prism or sports finder is easier to use.
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?
I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who has accumulated far more cameras than I can do justice to. Preparing to sell most.
If I were to sell a few of the 23 cameras I own (or will soon own), it would be the Yashica A, the Franka folder, the Nikon 3200 digital, and maybe my T70 camera. The rest I couldnt really get rid of so easily. Some of these cameras aren't worth anything, so no point in selling it. I have a problem where to put all the cameras though. Some are here, some there. I need a dedicated shelf for them all.
Why wouldn't it count? This rather weird combination is proof of imagination!
BTW, does it works well?
Might as well ask here.
I always assumed as fact that 6x6 was the most popular format for 120 for quite a while. I was then informed that in fact 6x9 was just as popular. Weird to me because I've rarely seen 6x9 outside of very old Brownies, pros or enthusiasts.
Am I that far off base and need to re-evaluate my 120 format notions?
I wonder about 6x9. There weren't very many cameras compared to 6x6 made. I'd do everything in 6x9 if there were SLR cameras made in that format. I can't name any. They are all rangefinders and most don't have removable lenses.
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