Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/02/25

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Subject: [Leica] which medium format?
From: michiel.fokkema at wanadoo.nl (Michiel Fokkema)
Date: Sun Feb 25 10:07:09 2007
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Ric Carter wrote:
> There's been plenty of talk about how cheap medium format stuff is right 
> now.
> 
> What would you guys suggest as being the camera to get if starting from 
> scratch?
> 

That's to broad a question.
What do you want to use it for?
What's you're budget.
Which format do you prefer?

Best buys, quality compared to price, at the moment are probably the 
quality folders from Zeiss and Voigtlander and the Rolleicords. Also a 
late Yashicamat will serve you fine.
But also the RB67's are very cheap. Mamiya press is nice also.
A little bit more expensive are the Fuji 645's and Rolleiflexes
Bronica and Mamiya 645 come next.
Hasselblad stays to be expensive but bargains can be found.
Well, you  really can't go wrong in MF. There aren't really bad MF 
camera's. Except maybe for an Holga or Seagull.
-- 
Best regards,

Michiel Fokkema


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