In case you have never seen a medium format Mamiya studio camera in person, this thing is HUGE!
A funny note: you can change the viewfinder from the waist-level (currently mounted) to a pentaprism (which has a light meter in it). I like the feeling of shooting with the waist-level so much, I will plug the pentaprism in to get the meter reading, adjust the camera to match the recommended f/stop and shutter speed, then switch back to the waist-level viewfinder to take the shot. Completely and absolutely unnecessary, but I just like looking at that big image so much.
Gotta have fun doing this, right? Or why do it at all? :)
Your making my wish list quite big at the moment. Have you ever come across Kurt Sadjina on Flickr, he does a lot of medium format stuff as well 35mm and is one of my favourite photographers. http://www.flickr.com/photos/thekurt/
@38mm I don't do much Flickr at the moment, but I'll check him out! @maggiemae Haha, they don't really take up much room MaggieMae! And if it comes down to it, the cameras will stay inside while I live in the tent :)
and you can switch the back to polaroid instant packs, or is that another model. When I'm a millionaire Leica M9, Panasonic G3 and one of these babies will be my first shopping spree I reckon.
@chewyteeth Sure can Dave! And on this model you can rotate the back for landscape shots (rather than rotate the whole camera), and switch out film cartridges mid-roll for one with a different ISO. Very clever model! @northy It may look it Northy, but it REALY feels it! :) @digitalrn Haha, nope Rick! This won't be going on very many hikes with me, but I guarantee it will be on a couple at least!
June 18th, 2012
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/thekurt/
@maggiemae Haha, they don't really take up much room MaggieMae! And if it comes down to it, the cameras will stay inside while I live in the tent :)
@northy It may look it Northy, but it REALY feels it! :)
@digitalrn Haha, nope Rick! This won't be going on very many hikes with me, but I guarantee it will be on a couple at least!