My pentacon six bought from ebay was broken , so had to send it back. Decided to try a more reliable known camera for my first venture into film, hope this bloody thing works better.
Anyone know url to a plate i can use to attach to a arca swiss type ballhead?.
Of course VH has to be different even with something as basic as fitting the beast to a tripod! The usual issue here is that the majority of tripods have a 1/4" screw and the hole at the bottom of a 'Blad is 3/8"
The cheapest solution is to get a reducing bush and screw it into the hole in the camera. This works after a fashion but unless you use about a gallon of liquid threadlock it is a toss up as to if the bush stays put when you unscrew the tripod.
It may be that you will be able to get a suitable 3/8" screw for your Arca Q/R plate, and this would probably be the best compromise between cost and convenience.
The most elegant solution is the Hasselblad Q/R plate but these are of course a tad on the pricy side although they do come up from time to time on the bay.
As to reliability, I bought my 500 C/M second hand in 1992 and it has an RP serial number indicating that it was manufactured in 1983. I have put 753 120 rolls through it (how sad am I that I have kept a record?) and the only work it has had done on it was replacement of the foam in 2001 (didn't really need it for light sealing but the mirror was getting a tad noisy). The only other issue has been "lens lock" on 3 occasions - user error every time and quickly cured with the screwdriver trick.
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, so had to send it back. Decided to try a more reliable known camera for my first venture into film, hope this bloody thing works better.
