I own both 645 and 6x7-MLU.
645 is used more than 5 years, i love that camera. It handles well,
viewfinder is amazing, and it allows you to use it all-manual, or give
to friends and set to programm mode, if you need to.
Negs are not that big, but you will get that MF DOF, crisp details and
smooth film look, that you will never get from digital.
6x7 is different, you have to learn how to properly load film.
everything is manual. and you need another camera as meter, or use
external light meter. you get even more shallow DOF, bigger negs, but
loose that ease of use that 645 has.
Last summer i decided to shoot more 6x7 film, still i need to scan and
process lot of film (ilford delta 400, fuji neopan 400 and adox 25, etc)
Gasha
Stan Halpin wrote:
There used to be a subsection of the PDML known as The Brotherhood. 6x7 owners all. They
seem to have gone, but may rise up again to answer your question with the obvious answer:
"Of course!"
I would suggest an alternative though. I have handled a few of the 6x7
variants, never owned one. Was never all that tempted to buy one. But I did
own a few 645's. And I loved those cameras! I gave up the last one a few years
ago, in part because of the difficulty/expense of scanning MF film, projecting
MF slides, etc. And in part because I found that I really needed to have a
single mode to work with, and chose to go with DSLR rather than (film based)
MF. But the simple 645 was the most pleasant camera to use which I have ever
owned. If you are thinking MF, give the 645 a good look. (And any investment in
lenses there will be repaid in a few years when you buy your 645D.)
Stan
On Jan 21, 2011, at 12:05 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:
on hold at a neighborhood camera store here in Chi Town, and I'm thinking about it. For $549.00 I get
the camera & a 90mm lens. I have read about the camera & know about the Mirror Lock Up issue. I
have found and downloaded 6 x 7 user manual I found on the net. I've read about the camera via
Wikipedia. I've opened the back, looked at the insides, depressed the shutter using the "special
trick" when no film is loaded. I found a photo lab very near my house, which will process 120 &
220 film, create contact sheets, and create scans (120/220 negative at 18mb $1.00/per neg & 120/220
negative at 19-128MB $3.00/per neg).
I've mention many times that I'd love to do/learn medium format work. Film is
really my only way in to this kind of photography because of its affordability.
So what do you guys think? Should I do it?
Cheers, Christine from Chicago
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