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Subject: [Leica] OK, which medium format FILM camera for portraiture
From: richard.lists at gmail.com (Richard Man)
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:54:16 -0700
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SO what's a good starter Hassy? 501 series (C or CM?)? 201? FLEX-body?!!!

Probably not the SWC, the Mamiya 7II 43mm Biogon-clone is supposed to
be better than the SWC, if you trust Ken Rockwell (....)

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 1:37 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> 
wrote:
>
> I would for sure get into Hasselblad at this time there is a much bigger
> selection of Zeiss glass over the Rollei ?and prisms and bellows ?and backs
> of all sorts ?and you can get stuff fixed the Rollei 66 is in the collector
> category they are near rare Hasselblad stuff was used by every hack wedding
> photographer and Ansel Adams and all the greats. Its a buyers market and 
> its
> the serious photographic instrument of the late ?decades.
> When a cheap enough digital back comes out for it it will skyrocket back up
> in price again.
> Think of the shot of the guy standing on the moon.
> You know what that was shot with.
> And it wasn't a Mamiya and it wasn't a Rollei 66.
>
> If you want to fondle rare interesting stuff get the Rollei.
> If you want to shoot serious pix get into Hassy.
>
> Get a twin lens Rolleiflex - With the Schneider 2.8 Xenotar.
>
>
> Mark William Rabiner
>
>
>
>
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