Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The problem with any oblong medium format in the studio is that you are for ever switching from upright to view and, if the camera is tripod mounted, this becomes a pain in the proverbial. This is one of the reasons why the Hasselblad is so popular with studio photographers who get used to composing in the square viewfinder knowing that they are going to crop later. I even know photographers who have crop marks on their ground glass screens. The exception to this is the Mamiya 67 or 69 which has a rotating back, but these are heavy and slow to use. When I had a studio I think it would have been hard to beat my Hasselblad for general service work, and second hand prices are deflated at the moment as more switch to digital, which begs the question 'why not use full frame digital?' like so many are now? Gerry Tom Schofield wrote: > Rolleiflex 600x/SLX series is a bargain used. > > Tom Schofield > 125 St. Patricks Drive > Danville, CA 94526 > > > OK, if I want to dip my toes into Medium Format stuff, mainly for studio > > settings with studio flash, what is a relatively low cost way to do > this? > Would a RF like the Mamiya 6 or a Bronica 645 makes sense? Heck, can I > go > wrong with a Holga? :-) > > // richard > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- Gerry Walden LRPS www.gwpics.com +44 23 8046 3076 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html