Medium format advice

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17 Jan 2013 - 7:38 PM

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Andysnapper

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23 Jan 2013 - 10:58 AM

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Epson V500 scanners are about £150 for a new one, pays for itself after 15 films and you get control over the scan.

As to MF itself, I have used many different types over the past few years and at the moment I am using a Mamiya C330f which I bought from bay-e with an 80mm lens, paramender (thing to correct the viewing angle when shooting close-ups or portraits) and case for £225. I have since bought another 3 lenses all of which are superbly sharp.
Yashicamat cameras are superb as well and can be had for very little. I wouldn't worry about a light meter, just get a nice little Sekonic L208 Twinmate, dead simple to use and really accurate.
If you fancy a folder have a look at Ross Ensign cameras. The 16-20 (6 x 4.5 negs), the 12-20 (6 x 6 negs, or the 820 (6 x 9 negs) are all available very reasonably and have probably the best lenses of any British camera.

Don't worry about a lightmeter, they are usually more accurate than the ones in old cameras and you soon get used to using them. I hadn't used one until 18 months ago and its second nature now.

Cheers

Andy

Sooty_1 (Critique Team)

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24 Jan 2013 - 10:47 AM

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You can even get a light meter app for your phone. With a little experience, you can tell if its giving you good info. To start with, you can use 'sunny16' which is surprisingly accurate (you can download mini aide-memoires to keep in the camera case), but a cheap light meter will serve perfectly well.

I use a Weston V with a cone (for incident metering) for large format.

Nick

KangaRU (e2 Member)

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3 Feb 2013 - 9:58 PM

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The scans from most film developers a low res and not very good, in the long run it pays to get a half decent scanner it will pay for its self I use the Epson V750 Pro for scanning my 120 and 35mm film.

Canon4me

1 Mar 2013 - 11:23 PM

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I've got a Bronica etrsi which is 6x4.5, and a Mamiya which is square format and twin lens. Although the Mamiya is very old it was built to last and you can pick one up cheap, a fair bit cheaper than a Bronica. Earlier on there was a Mamiya C330 with just one bid of £70 on ebay

thewilliam

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2 Mar 2013 - 9:50 AM

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Quote: ....just a comment on the Exposure Meter thing. You will get a Russian one (Leningrad-4 or similar) for under a fiver on eBay and it will be good enough for most film purposes. If you are doubtful about its accuracy, cross-calibrate it with the meter of your digital camera and work out a degree of exposure compensation to apply if necessary.

I remember a video of Annie Liebowitz at work in which she was shooting on medium-format but using a Nikon camera as a lightmeter. A very sensible method because Nikon's built-in metering has always been good.