Albert wrote.
> I am just curious, as I am sure almost everybody has something other
> than their OM.
>
> So I was wondering, do you have:
> 0) Mini
I have a Minox 9mm "spy-camera" that I bought 20 years ago because I
could. A totally fascinating little creation. I regret to admit that I have not
yet
put a film through it. I have never seen another for sale.
>
> 1) Digital
> None and no plans although I am intrigued by the C*n*n D10 system CH has that
> uses Zuiko lenses.
> 2) Medium Format
Too much? Koni-Omega Rapid M (6x7 on 120) with 58mm and 90 mm
lenses. Has Fuji print film in it at present.
Two Mamiya Press bodies - a basic universal and the more advanced one.
Several backs; 6x7 and 6x9. Two 90mm lenses and a 150. Glass screen and
shade (also see later).
Bought the K-O and the Mamiya as simpler to operate than the Linhof and I
wanted to be able to produce fine-grained sharp detailed shots for
publication. I still want that but also now I am looking at producing landscape
shots for framing and sale. I find (it's probably just *me*) that I cannot
predictably produce sharp shots with OM, and maybe MF will yield more
satisfaction..
Linhof Technica with 6x7 rollfilm back (as well as sheet-film holders that
probably I won't use). ?Schneider Apo-Lanthar 150mm and some other
?90mm lens. Bought it because I wanted to try the system out and in any
case am impressed by the construction and detailing. A young friend who
works in my favourite camera shop also had Linhof make him a 6 x 12 back
which is now for sale. I may hire it a few times to try out. He is agreeable to
the idea. The price is over the moon.
From now on as I think of special landscape shots to take, I will probably
usually have an MF body with the OMs, as I move around. Just to cover the
eventualities.
I also have two Graflex bodies that I had ideas of getting Bob Hutchinson of
"Big Camera" fame to make one of his big cameras for me; but that idea is
now probably permanently shelved. I should really sell them. I find it quite
difficult to sell stuff (this is by now probably a self-evident truth ;-)> )
Also I have a Schneider Super Angulon 46mm f/5.6 lens that I paid a small
fortune for and am part way through making a body to fit. The Mamiya 6x9
roll-film back and ground-glass screen will fit. Intend to emulate the Plaubel
69 Proshift. The idea was to be able to take impressively sharp in-forest
shots. I sometimes wonder - I'm not really a wide-angle person; but now that
I'm more and more thinking about larger prints that may change.
I find that some "landscape" type shots look ho-hum as 6x8 prints and even
a little ho-hum as 8x10 prints, but larger sizes enable the viewer to get more
totally involved with the scene, and look better as photos hung on a wall..
>
> 3) Large Format
> See above.
> 4) Another 35mm system
Take your pick. In addition to my OM10 (from new and still a very nice
camera - has Ilford PanF in at the moment), OM2, 2nd hand 1980, OM1
1990, has Kodachrome in at present - used yesterday, OM4T with Fuji Reala
(used today and yesterday) and sundry OM10's, OMg's and OM20's in bits
or to be in bits, I have two Exakta VX1000, a Contaflex that followed my
PracticaFX after that was stolen, and a Rollei 35 in mint condition. And a
nice Olympus XA that is patiently waiting for me to get it repaired.
I'm now pondering how I can put together a budget computer system (2nd
hand parts probably) for (large) image manipulation.
Brian
>
> As you probably all know, and are bored to death with it, I was going to
> plot down and get a medium format, but the (conflicting) advice
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