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News update: I've decided to stick with Hasselblad for now and will be using my $1,200 budget to buy 1.5 lenses for it instead.*
*This decision likely to change within the next 48-72 hours.
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I think you should put your money towards a fancy wedding suit
enough with the photography. It is time for you to start making babies.
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I was thinking of getting something more along the lines of this:
That way I'll still have some money left to buy 1.43 lenses for the Hasselblad.
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Posted by mortimerNext time you're out in Etobicoke, International Camera usually has a few bargain-ish wide angles and sometimes have Linhof bodies as well.
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Today he had 1 Linhof Colour, 2 Cambo monorails, a B&J flatbed camera, an Arca Swiss monorail, a Super Speed Graphic, and 2 Crown Graphics. (4x5s)
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So did you feel guilty after you left the store without buying anything? I always do.
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Completely!
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Found an RB67 system with some lenses for a good price on ebay, so went with that. Maybe large format in 2010.
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Well, that's almost like getting a 4x5. I mean, it has a set of bellows and probably weighs just as much.
Kidding, of course.. hope it works out for you. I've just read a fair number of complaints about its size and weight.
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Thanks, Captain Sunshine.  heh
Yeah, the weight isn't insignificant. But it isn't worse (or not much worse) than a LF system. Just gives me an excuse to upgrade my camera bag.
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Sorry, didn't mean to be such a downer. It was meant to be a lighthearted comment, but it kind of lost some of its glow without an emoticon beside it.
What lenses did you get?
(I bet they're heavy too)
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Posted by micro
Sorry, didn't mean to be such a downer. It was meant to be a lighthearted comment, but it kind of lost some of its glow without an emoticon beside it.
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I've been around your posts long enough to tell, so no worries.
50mm (4.5), 90mm (3.8), and 180mm (4.5). Also came with a couple backs, a polaroid back, prism finder, metered prism, L-grip (which won't get any use i'm sure), and an assortment of lens filters and shades and such.
(I bet they're heavy too)
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They are even worse than I imagined I'm sure.
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May I be so classless as to ask how much you paid? Also, I what tripod are you going to be using?
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I'll be using my usual manfrotto 190 for now.
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Yep! That's LF for ya. You can't compare with the res. I have an epso 4990 and scan at 1200 DPI. Even at that atrociously low res the scan looks pristine.
I must say, you shouldn't have given up at the inability to focus in dark! There are dozens of creative solutions to that. My favorite: take the top off of a AA mini-maglite (they screw right off). What results when you screw off the top is a small beacon akin to a 1/100th scale light house. Stand it up where ever you want to focus. If you can't access whereever you want to focus find a nearby approximation.
If you don't want to use the assistance of a beacon, you can always take a small 6-9X eye louope with you and hang it around your neck. Fashionable and utilitarian - sort'a like Indiana Jones' whip.
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I'm more postponing LF, than abandoning it.
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"Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and stupid men." - Richard Nickel |
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Well, well, well.. look at Mr. Fancypants with his two viewfinders.
Are you happy with it?
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I think there are three, smartypants.
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Well, well, well.. look at Mr. Fancypants with his two extra viewfinders.
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2 extra METERED viewfinders.
I'm going to customize them so I can use them all at once.
So far I'm very happy. Haven't put a roll through it yet.
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