[Leica] OT: bronica 645 RF?

[martin at jangowski.de (Martin Jangowski)]

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Matt Powell wrote:

> On 11/14/05, Daniel Ridings <dlridings@gmail.com> wrote:
>> And an Iskra:
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album08/05v45_0035
>
> How do you like the Iskra?
>
> I've been looking for a 6x6 alternative to the much more expensive
> Rolleiflex F or a Mamiya 6 kit - the only downside to the Iskra's is
> that I've heard the film advance is fragile. Any problems on your end?

I have the Iskra 1 (without meter). The optic is excellent (no front-lens 
focusing) and it has a good finder. OTOH, the mechanism seems not 
boiler-plate stable, so I wouldn't take the Iskra as my single vacation 
camera. I have no such mental problems with a CLAd Rolleiflex or -cord, in 
fact I often take a Rolleiflex as main camera and a Olympus Mju-II as 
backup.

The optical quality of a (non-ebay butchered) Rollei regardless of year 
and type is so excellent, it isn't _really_ important if you have a 
Rollei with Xenar/Tessar lens or a more expensive Xenotar/Planar. 
Even the lowly Triotar-Rolleicord has excellent picture quality, the 
difference are the last few mm at the edges.

Gr??e aus Hohenlohe,

        Martin Jangowski

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