Good advice; thanks Keith. Perhaps I'll save up for a Mamiya AF645... or a Fuji
GW670 etc...
Chris
~~ ><>
Chris Barker
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>From: "Keith (R.K.) Berry" <keith_r.k.berry@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [OM] Re: [OMPractice bombs
>Date: 12 Nov 1999 09:42
>
> Chris Barker wrote:
>
>> to find a cheap MF camera like the Yashicamat 124G to supplement my lovely
> OMs.
>> Any views on this entry model to MF?
>
> When I worked in camera shops in the '60s TLRs were commonplace stock items
> and the Yashica version, while capable of good results, felt and sounded
> very tinny. The best regarded TLR by the staff was the Minolta Autocord,
> which was available with or without an uncoupled CdS meter. While all other
> marques needed two hands, the Autocord's focusing lever under the front of
> the camera meant that you could hold, focus and expose all with one hand
> while holding up a flashgun with the other, as long as you used a secure
> neck strap.
>
> I had an Autocord for a while and looking back through my old b&w prints,
> the quality of those taken with it stand out. I replaced its focusing screen
> with a Rollei one with a rangefinder spot. It was larger than the screen
> that came out and I marked out the size with a craft knife and nibbled away
> at it with toenail clippers!
>
> No TLR is much fun to use though - except maybe a Rolleiflex with eye-level
> prism and pistol grip - they're awkward to carry and you have to put coming
> back with superb pictures well ahead of having an enjoyable day's
> photography. They were irksome enough then; they'd be doubly so after using
> an OM.
>
> The only MF camera that I ever used that would be a pleasure even for
> amateur purposes was a Linhof Super Technika 6x9, and I've always fancied,
> but never even seen in the 'flesh', a Plaubel Makina. Either would take a
> substantial lottery win for me to even consider.
>
> Regards,
> Keith Berry (Birmingham, England)
> keith_r.k.berry@xxxxxxxxxx
> http://homepages.which.net/~k.berry
>
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