Medium Format Cameras.

[ViolentPanda]

Steal it from him.

BTW, if he paid anything less than 350 euros, he got a real bargain. Post-war Linhof Technikas are well worth the money and hold their value as well as Leicas (disgustingly expensive to get serviced or repaired like Leicas too!).

 

[Hocus Eye.]

check out this badboy my brother picked up in paris last year - the negatives are so big that you can just stick a polaroid back on it and snap away. lovely photos too.

Ooh la la! That is very special.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Good to see you testifying!!

Yeah, but it's spoiling me for digital now. It's like fountain pens and proper coffee - afterwards you can't put up with the stuff you thought was perfectly fine before

 

[ViolentPanda]

Yeah, but it's spoiling me for digital now. It's like fountain pens and proper coffee - afterwards you can't put up with the stuff you thought was perfectly fine before

I'm still very much a "horses for courses" type of person. There are situations where digital is best, and situations where film (esp. MF film) has the edge, just as there are times when a ballpoint is a better option than an FP.

 

[RoyReed]

If anyone's interested in buying a medium format camera there are a lot listed here:

http://marketplace.theprintspace.co.uk/

Hasselblads, Mamiya C220, 67 and 645s, Bronica ETRS and SQ.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I'm currently looking at Kiev 60s for no good reason tbh.

 

[RoyReed]

I'm currently looking at Kiev 60s for no good reason tbh.

The only Russian camera listed there is a Lomo LC-A.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

The only Russian camera listed there is a Lomo LC-A.

Yeah, I was just saying in general. (I actually have an LC-A but the shutter sticks )

There's one I have my eye on on eBay but I'm not sure how high I want to go on it.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I'm currently looking at Kiev 60s for no good reason tbh.

If you're ever tempted to buy one, I'll recommend either Hartblei or Arax, who buy Kiev 60s (and 88s etc) strip them down, replace the plastic bits with steel and various other optimising mods, and still sell them at a reasonable price, albeit more costly than an unfettled 60 straight from the Armoury factory.

 

[ViolentPanda]

If anyone's interested in buying a medium format camera there are a lot listed here:

http://marketplace.theprintspace.co.uk/

Hasselblads, Mamiya C220, 67 and 645s, Bronica ETRS and SQ.

Hassies = beautiful but expensive, and glass costs even more.
Mamiya C2xx/3xx - heavy, but glass is reasonable.
Mamiya RB/RZ67 = heavy as fuck, but lovely glass.
Bronicas = nice cameras, affordable if 2nd or 3rd-hand, cheaper to get serviced than any of the others bar the Mamiya Cs.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

If you're ever tempted to buy one, I'll recommend either Hartblei or Arax, who buy Kiev 60s (and 88s etc) strip them down, replace the plastic bits with steel and various other optimising mods, and still sell them at a reasonable price, albeit more costly than an unfettled 60 straight from the Armoury factory.

I was put off somewhat by the endless issues reported by people - even fans - though the prices from those Russian sites aren't at all bad really. I have perfectly serviceable MF cameras already so I'm just being greedy. Maybe at some point.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I was put off somewhat by the endless issues reported by people - even fans - though the prices from those Russian sites aren't at all bad really. I have perfectly serviceable MF cameras already so I'm just being greedy. Maybe at some point.

The people at Hartblei would probably stab you in the eye if they heard you calling them "Russian", it's a Czech/Ukrainian company IIRC, and Kiev is pure Ukrainian.
BTW, that's why people call Soviet era and/or Soviet era-designed cameras "FSU cameras": It doesn't offend the Ukrainians, Byelorussians and assorted others who manufactured about half of all the Sov-era cameras, and an even higher percentage of the lenses.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

whoops! I should know better than that, it's worse than calling a Kiwi an Aussie.