[Leica] which medium format?

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

> 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?
>
> Mostly, just curious.

to use, or collect? I suspect you will not be using them much. My 200
series 'blad will only be repairable for a "short" time frame, my Rolleis
are wonderful tools with a lot of history, the V'Bessa 2 is interesting,
BUT what to do with the results. I'm still in the darkroom, but colour
will not work well there any more. Scanners are now getting rarer though
flat beds are improving, but a flat bed scanned neg is not going to match
a digital camera file really anyway.

buy if you want to try, but don't expect longevity: everyone is running
from medium format like the plague!!!! and has been for about 5 years ---
the last film hassie sold in Melbourne was about 3 or 4 years ago!!!!

Cheers