True folder happiness comes with a pristine 6x9 Crown Graphic (or a Linhof) and
a 100mm f/2.8 Carl Zeiss Planar, and shooting sheet film.
Walt, the primitive
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
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From: NSURIT@xxxxxxx
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>
> I use a variety of cameras, some of which are folders and one of which is an
> Olympus Chrome Six. It is a sweet little camera and is the only folder
> which currently has film in it. There you go, two sentences and two
> mentions
> of
> Olympus. That is 2 for 2 . . . or maybe 3 for 3. OK, that's out of the way.
>
> One of the folders I use for B&W is a Voigtlander Bessa RF which is a 6X9
> format or 4.5X6 with the mask, pre-war camera. Huge negatives and nice
> rangefinder. Easy to read depth of field scale. So much for that. If any
> have
> ever
> had an interest there is one going begging for bids on eBay currently. Has
> the high end lens and shutter combination and seems to be in pretty good
> shape. Only distraction I see (and it is a common one) is it is missing the
> flip
> up yellow filter. They frequently break off and can be replaces as they are
> held on with two screws. eBay # 150106093976 at $50 with no bids and 2 days
> to go. I'd say a good buy at around $100 and a decent one at anything under
> about $125. Bill Barber
>
>
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