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That's lovely looking camera and the case, like new! Doesn't look as if it has vere been used.
That's lovely looking camera and the case, like new! Doesn't look as if it has vere been used.
I'll have it if you're giving it away [emoji2]Ah that makes sense [emoji38]
I don’t suppose I can interest you in a Bessa L can I?
Blimey Brian, you would have bartered for the full camera for a fiver at the bootie, and bided your time to get it the following week! Keeping safe and well might be the best bargain for all of us this year, so fingers crossed it might fit.H'mm just bought a Nikon +2 eyepiece correction lens for FG\EM as a gamble.... if it wouldn't fit my F90x maybe other make cameras.
At a last resort I do have a EM. Anyway it was a fiver inc postage so no great loss.
H'mm just bought a Nikon +2 eyepiece correction lens for FG\EM as a gamble.... if it wouldn't fit my F90x maybe other make cameras.
At a last resort I do have a EM. Anyway it was a fiver inc postage so no great loss.
Blimey Brian, you would have bartered for the full camera for a fiver at the bootie, and bided your time to get it the following week! Keeping safe and well might be the best bargain for all of us this year, so fingers crossed it might fit.
Saw you'd posted in this "New Toy" thread and wondered if you'd weakened WRT a SnapShot Chroma!
Ultimate panic time with very good reason
BRIAN spending a FIVER has to be proof to the rest of us that BOREDOM is INEVITABLE
£5 to Brian equates to probably several £100's for the rest of us .......
H'mm just bought a Nikon +2 eyepiece correction lens for FG\EM as a gamble.... if it wouldn't fit my F90x maybe other make cameras.
At a last resort I do have a EM. Anyway it was a fiver inc postage so no great loss.
After picking up a new battery, it’s working perfectly
I am jealous. I'm the sort or person that would take a punt on something like that and end up with an expensive doorstop.
I am jealous. I'm the sort or person that would take a punt on something like that and end up with an expensive doorstop.
I took a risk, mainly because I knew the wlf and roll film insert would cover the cost if the body was terminal :0)
Good decision steve and a wise one at that i will keep trying lol
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For what will be the third time I’ve owned a Mamiya M645, I got this in the post a few days ago. It was listed as faulty, with intermittent shutter, but arrived without a battery so would only fire at 1/60th and a locked mirror. After picking up a new battery, it’s working perfectly and I’ve now got a 35/3.5 (again, my third time!) on the way too.
I’m pretty sure I’m going to keep this one now! I’m also going print an adaptor to mount the 80/2.8 from my Kiev88, seeing as the Kiev has stuck to form and eaten its’ own second curtain [emoji24]
You just can’t help yourself can you Steve?
I still have the one bought from you, really must dig it out again.
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For what will be the third time I’ve owned a Mamiya M645, I got this in the post a few days ago. It was listed as faulty, with intermittent shutter, but arrived without a battery so would only fire at 1/60th and a locked mirror. After picking up a new battery, it’s working perfectly and I’ve now got a 35/3.5 (again, my third time!) on the way too.
I’m pretty sure I’m going to keep this one now! I’m also going print an adaptor to mount the 80/2.8 from my Kiev88, seeing as the Kiev has stuck to form and eaten its’ own second curtain [emoji24]
So after you sell this one you going to get a proper sized one (rb)
Lol, size isn’t everything Steveo, it’s what you do with it that counts [emoji23]
Isn't that Arnold Schwarzenegger's pocket camera?So after you sell this one you going to get a proper sized one (rb)
Not exactly functional, though it does rotate on the tripod(!), I got this as a little gift a while back and finally got round to building it. No adhesives required, all laser cut components, and fits together perfectly View attachment 275356
It's always good to carry a compact camera with you
While I'm in this thread, a quick mention that I received a Mk2 Intrepid 10x8 today.
Since you may be interested in the economics, I should begin by pointing out that the Intrepid 10x8 costs £480. That much is an obvious cost. But unless you're going to use it as an ornament, you're going to have to use film, and to use film you need a film holder. Intrepid sell them for £185 new. Second hand will be less, and it's possible to buy them new for less, but it's still a sizeable expense. That's a holder for cut film. For wet plate, you'll need to look elsewhere, and try Chromagraphica - Steve
@stevelmx5 should be able to fill you in on these. I don't know how easy wet plate holders are to obtain on the second hand market. You also need to factor in the cost of a lens that covers 10x8. I don't know how much you know about large format, but to make the full use of the camera facilities, you should have a lens that will cover more than the 10x8 format, to allow for the lens shifts (and other movements). These tend to be big and heavy.
The advantage of the Intrepid over other 10x8 cameras is the weight, or lack thereof. My first 5x4 camera was a monorail that weighed 4.2 kilos. The Intrepid 10x8 weighs half that, and therefore less than my current favorite 5x4 camera. It's easy to carry around which is a big advantage. And, to be honest, if you're carrying it around for landscapes, you don't usually need a lot of lens coverage and a small light lens is enough. I suspect the same is true for portraits, but that's outside my large format experience.
One of the things that is always at the back of my mind is that with large format, wet plate is a possibility, and would allow me to continue photography if film ceased to be made (and my stocks ran out). Dry plate is also possible, and less messy and easier in the field.
I've tried to give some Intrepid specifics and a little LF background. Is that enough to be going on with? There's a specific thread on LF that contains a lot of other info.
West Yorkshire Cameras have a 10x8 monorail at £999 which is a little cheaper - but it would be larger and heavier than the Intrepid or indeed any 10x8 field camera (a pure guess - I don't know the weight, but I do know what my monorail weighed!).
If you'd like to try 5x4, let me know and I can load a camera and holders. Possibly a lens...
Since you may be interested in the economics, I should begin by pointing out that the Intrepid 10x8 costs £480. That much is an obvious cost. But unless you're going to use it as an ornament, you're going to have to use film, and to use film you need a film holder. Intrepid sell them for £185 new. Second hand will be less, and it's possible to buy them new for less, but it's still a sizeable expense. That's a holder for cut film. For wet plate, you'll need to look elsewhere, and try Chromagraphica - Steve
@stevelmx5 should be able to fill you in on these. I don't know how easy wet plate holders are to obtain on the second hand market. You also need to factor in the cost of a lens that covers 10x8. I don't know how much you know about large format, but to make the full use of the camera facilities, you should have a lens that will cover more than the 10x8 format, to allow for the lens shifts (and other movements). These tend to be big and heavy.
The advantage of the Intrepid over other 10x8 cameras is the weight, or lack thereof. My first 5x4 camera was a monorail that weighed 4.2 kilos. The Intrepid 10x8 weighs half that, and therefore less than my current favorite 5x4 camera. It's easy to carry around which is a big advantage. And, to be honest, if you're carrying it around for landscapes, you don't usually need a lot of lens coverage and a small light lens is enough. I suspect the same is true for portraits, but that's outside my large format experience.
One of the things that is always at the back of my mind is that with large format, wet plate is a possibility, and would allow me to continue photography if film ceased to be made (and my stocks ran out). Dry plate is also possible, and less messy and easier in the field.
I've tried to give some Intrepid specifics and a little LF background. Is that enough to be going on with? There's a specific thread on LF that contains a lot of other info.
I Leica that Leicaflex, its the prettiest one in the lineup
I decided that before I knew it was the reason you posted.
From a purely aesthetic perspective, the R's are just too DSLR for my taste and the RF is fussy eclectic collection of switches, bars, squares and handles.
Less is more...