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This is a great thing to be able to print a functioning camera, and especially excited to see the DIY Instax back there. Medium Format cameras are big and chunk
by raihansaputra 5y ago
This is a great thing to be able to print a functioning camera, and especially excited to see the DIY Instax back there. Medium Format cameras are big and chunky, but there's just a sense of space (or technically just the shallower DoF) that you can't get from a 35mm.
- i_am_proteus 5y agoIt's not lighter or smaller than a TLR and it doesn't have a focusing device. If there were some way to couple a rangefinder, I'd be interested. There's a reason, though, that medium-format rangefinder cameras cost $thousands.
- JKCalhoun 5y agoSeeing some inexpensive Russian (Kiev, Moskva) medium-format rangefinder cameras on eBay (maybe these are no good?, never shot one). The Fuji GS and GW cameras can be found for <$1K and are pretty highly regarded.
- JKCalhoun 5y agoI have a few medium format film cameras. I was also excited about the Instax back since Polaroid film stocks appear to be gone (I believe the remaining Polaroid stock are now hoarded in cold storage by people smart enough to grab the last of it). I can only dream about a time when you could easily shoot B&W Polaroid in medium format or larger. They're practically giving away the Polaroid film backs on eBay. I should pick one up for each of my modulars in case some enterprising soul should decide to start up Polaroid film production again. (Reminds me of the older Hi-Fi vacuum tube variants ... they certainly have a longer shelf life though than film.)
- Finnucane 5y agoI sold my Polaroid backs when I could still get a few bucks for them. But now I am waiting on a Lomo graflex Instax back! I had an RB67 kit for a while. Awesome camera but beastly. I ended up trading it for a Hasselblad.
- JKCalhoun 5y agoGave my RB67 to my daughter. It is an anvil. Picked up a Bronica and that suits me better.