Zenith 80 - Thoughts?

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I've been playing with a couple of different MF cameras for the last few weeks that I was lucky enough to be able to borrow from a friend (Mamiya 645 Pro TL and Kowa 6). As a result, my 35mm kit is 90% sold and I'm looking for a reasonable priced MF setup. I have been toying with a Fuji GA645 due to the portability/built in metering/AF but wonder if that will 'dull the pleasure' of shooting film slightly and leave me wondering if I should just use my Canon 5D instead?

On my hunting I've come across a Zenith 80 with Industar 29 (80/2.8) for a good price but a mixed bag of reviews/fansites along with it. Just wondering if anyone's had experience of these Hasselbladski's regarding to build quality etc? I dont really fancy buying kit that's going to need regular CLAs just to keep running!

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Steve
 
Never owned one myself (so feel free to ignore this as secondhand opinion!) but the Russian medium format kit has a reputation for very variable quality control. If you get a good one they can be fine, but a bad one could have all sorts of "issues". There's a reason they're cheap:)
 
Yeah, that's the kind of feeling I've got from the research I've done so maybe it's for the best that it looks like it's sold!

Anyway, I've already bought a Pentacon Six TL this afternoon so I should stick to that for now :0)

Cheers
Steve
 
stevelmx5 said:
Yeah, that's the kind of feeling I've got from the research I've done so maybe it's for the best that it looks like it's sold!

Anyway, I've already bought a Pentacon Six TL this afternoon so I should stick to that for now :0)
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Yes, I try to set myself a "no more than one new camera a week" rule - don't always manage to stick to it though :D
 
No, it's usually hard resisting temptation! I'll see how the Pentacon turns out in a couple of days I think before making another purchase.

Thanks for your reality check ;0)

Steve
 
stevelmx5 said:
No, it's usually hard resisting temptation! I'll see how the Pentacon turns out in a couple of days I think before making another purchase.

Thanks for your reality check ;0)

Steve
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If you get a good Pentacon 6 you will be very pleased, but it is pron to reliability issue,s a bit like the Russian looky like camera,s.(y)
 
Thanks. Should be getting it tomorrow so i'll update here with pictures. Looking at cases at the moment although I'm not normally a fan of never-ready's but might be the only option!

Cheers
Steve
 
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