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Subject: [Leica] In which Kyle buys a Hasselblad....
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Christopher Williams)
Date: Mon Jul 16 05:47:03 2007
References: <4268A9826B9DBE4D938B902A6BC803081153F2@exchange8.asc.local><aed41d690707121504na05887agfd1199191b8249ca@mail.gmail.com><p06230931c2bc9fe58180@10.1.16.144> <aed41d690707131714o3ef587cq1fe022f67ab9477c@mail.gmail.com><001401c7c5ad$581454d0$6601a8c0@asus930> <469AFC57.9040000@nathanfoto.com>

I'll second the RF 645. I own 2 bodies+lenses and did not spend over $2000.

Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nathan Wajsman" <nathan@nathanfoto.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 11:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] In which Kyle buys a Hasselblad....


>I am one of those couple of folks. The RF 645 itself is not that expensive, 
>and neither are the wide angle and normal lenses; the 
>third lens, the 100mm (there is also an extremely rare 135mm) is a bit 
>pricey, $800-$1000.
>
> The Bronica is a real rangefinder, very suited to Leica-like shooting in 
> medium format.
>
> Nathan
>
> G Hopkinson wrote:
>> Or the Bronica RF645. We have a couple of folks shooting those. Trouble 
>> is both types seem exempt from the bargain pricing on 
>> most
>> other 120 cameras these days. Cheers
>> Hoppy
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
>> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf 
>> Of
>> Jeffery Smith
>> Sent: Saturday, 14 July 2007 10:15
>> To: Leica Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] In which Kyle buys a Hasselblad....
>>
>> I'm so surprised that the Mamiya 7 isn't the MF of choice on this
>> forum. Like a MF Leica M7.
>>
>> On 7/12/07, Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> wrote:
>>
>>> At 5:04 PM -0500 7/12/07, Jeffery Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> Steve Barbour has a page of "Hasselblad Using Photographers", but
>>>> instead of adding pictures to the page each week, he gradually deletes
>>>> them from the page.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I think I'd rather see a page of 'Photographer Using Hasselblads',
>>> although the title might be appropriate under some circumstances. :-)
>>>
>>> ...from someone who sold most of his Hasselblad stuff in the 80's,
>>> except for the SWC. I made the Mamiya 645 my main MF system, and it
>>> was (almost) ideal for my applications.
>>>
>>> --
>>>     *            Henning J. Wulff
>>>    /|\      Wulff Photography & Design
>>>   /###\   mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com
>>>   |[ ]|     http://www.archiphoto.com
>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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In reply to: Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy) ([Leica] In which Kyle buys a Hasselblad....)
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Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson) ([Leica] In which Kyle buys a Hasselblad....)
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