If I'm doing MF I tend to grab a Rollei or other TLR.I won't go over all of the features of the S2/S2A as there is plenty of information on the interwebs about the camera, but I will talk a little bit about the differences between the three cameras, which are, at heart, basically the same. Mind you, I haven't used mine for a few years. If I'm doing MF I tend to grab a Rollei or other TLR. Today I'd recommend a CM500/503 system for the breadth of flexibility, (If you can find and afford a good one not worn out).
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(And I could carry two lenses and backs plus flash). Lighter than, but arguably as good as RB/RZ. (Couldn't afford 'Blad)! Better lenses and build quality than ETR/Si. Oh no! (Least ways not without an assistant or two)! You don't carry around a body and three lenses, couple or three backs, flash, filters bits and bobs. He then went RB67 and managed for years with a single lens (And an occasional borrowed one)! Great quality, built like a tank but HEAVY and BIG. The latter stuff just seemed, plasticky and gimmicky.Ī colleague went ETR which answered these lackings, but we all felt the lens quality wasn't quite there. Nice lenses, but with the fixed back and only a single leaf shutter lens for fill flash, lacking in flexibility. "Ideal format", always seemed a marketing thing and will probably work against you now a days with the lack of processing houses any way.īack in the day when I was trying to earn a living photographing weddings and anything else, the M645 was the Amateur intro to MF. If you want to, you CAN use a 645 back and prism finder. Square is, and always will be, the perfect format for portraits.
I would try and convince you that 6圆 is the way to go as the best overall compromise. Check the "Lets talk about MF" thread started by Naboo32 which looked at these Just to throw a spanner in the works if your looking at cheapish MF cameras then the TLR's like the Rolleicords or the Yashica 124 but you are then only using one lens and the square format. Oh, one last thing, I have used a 645 system in the past and while using them in landscape format is great, turning them in their side to be used in portrait I found odd because they are not scaled up 35mm cameras and handle differently. Wide angle lens generally are 65 or 50 mm
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The Mamiya was a creation on its own as their big seller was the RB/RZ67s (they only ventured in to 6圆 via their excellent rangefinder camera which they changed to 6x7 later)īronica ETRS, SQ and GS systems are basically the same body design but made larger for the different formats.īoth systems are really good but I think if I was looking for one then I would look at the Mamiya 645 Pro or the Bronica ETRSi cameras.ħ5mm normally their standard lens, as John points out' is equivalent to 50mm in 35mm terms. They can be less expensive than their 6圆 counterparts.īronica ETR and Mamiya 645 were both aimed at the same market place. You can get 15 shots on a roll of film (12 for 6圆, 10 for 6x7, 8 for 6x9) Most have some sort of metering prisms with them. Slightly smaller and lighter than the 6圆cameras (talking SLR systems here not folders or TLR's) 645 is seen by many as not a true Medium Format camera for the reason that the 645 format is not significantly bigger than 35mm, I think it is only larger by a factor of 1.5 (not 100% on that).Ħ圆 is seen as the the first medium format camera systems that anyone should even consider