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Svend, thanks for the link to the lens test data. I had seen the large format lens page but not the MF Page. I see what you mean with regards to lens performance of the Xenotars. If large format lenses had LPM results like that you would cut yourself on the prints.
Sharpness is the reason I have three 180 mm lenses. My first is an old Symmar, the glass is great but the shutter keeps malfunctioning. I had it Cla'd once but the difference in price between a CLA and a used lens is negligible. I bought a Symmar-s thinking a later lens would be an improvement but alas it's not as Sharp! Finally I bought Fujinon-w for the shutter if the glass wasn't good, but it seems fine and almost covers the 8x10 format at F 22 and maybe it will at F 45. I have thought about getting a Mamiya C 220, as a friend had one at college and it seemed to work ok. I'm going to submit this before I lose it.
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I have had two Tlr's a Russian Lubital, which was just ugly all round and a Yashicamat 124g that had terrible lens performance. The local photographer/ camera store owner gave me a great price as a trade against a spot meter as he wanted it for his collection. It will be interesting to see the comparison between your two Rollieflexes, when are you going to start?
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also, if you are using a changing bag to load film then try and make sure your hands, which maybe get a bit sweaty, are as dry as possible as that does not help film loading, when you get your darkroom up and running then load film in there, using the pencil trick and your problems will dissapear Richard
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Quite e collection of Tlr's there Richard.
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The biggest collection of cameras I have are old folders, both 35mm and MF, I have 16 or thereabouts, all working and they all get used, I prefer to use these older cameras to ''modern''cameras, just something about them, and the results speak for themselves, plus I have a good collection of solid boby 35mm cameras, Voightlander's,3 Ambi Silletes with the complete set of lenses, that i 35,50,90 and 130mm, and a couple of Voightlander Vitessa'a, again with the complete set of lenses, 35 50 100 and 135, 3 werras, Leica IIIc factory converted to the IIIf, ( Leitz used to do this in the 40.s and 50's with the screw mount cameras, they would convert an older body to the latest model, also a Canon model 7 rangefinder, and again they afre all used over the course of the year
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In general, though, like Richard, I think TLRs are great. I might consider a medium format SLR at some point, but for now I am more than happy with using my TLRs. I'll gladly put up with their shortcomings in order to gain what they offer. Cheers, Svend Last edited by Svend; 19th March 2017 at 11:34 PM. |
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Svend,
Not sure.... Could be in the next couple of weeks. Now you've stirred the curiousity again, so I might do it sooner . I will keep you posted.... When you're ready no rush. I stumbled upon you Perceptol thread and at the time you wrote it you didn't have an enlarger if I remember correctly, so what did you get? I can't seem to figure out the multiple quote button.
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Re. the enlarger, I ended up with a Beseler 23CII-XL, virtually new, and the seller included a Nikkor 80mm and a nice Gralab digital timer. I had a 23C years ago and loved it, so it was an easy choice. This one has the taller column so can do 16x20 on the baseboard - nice! And now that I have a 6x9 camera it's even sweeter, as the Beseler can handle that neg size. Regards, Svend |
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