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Approaching medium format again, advice needed
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 10:17 am    Post subject: Approaching medium format again, advice needed Reply with quote

So, after getting back to 35mm film - and having fun with it - I feel ready to pick up again my medium format project.
In the meantime, I managed to build a decent set of lenses (Jena 50, 80, 180 and zodiak 30) that can be used on a pentacon six, and also got a Pentacon six TL body, that came attached to a 180 sonnar. I ran a test roll through it, and it worked quite fine, but not perfectly: the shutter sticks open at 1/60, and very fast and very slow times don't seem extremely accurate: apart from that, I quite liked the experience, so I'd say I like operating the camera.
So, my question is, is it worth to send the camera for repair-relube-adjust-whatever?
I saw it is quite expensive, but still, less than a 6x6 body in perfect condition - and I already have the lenses.


PostPosted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 11:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I say it's worth the effort/expense as you have nice lenses. I have an Arax rebuilt Kiev which works very well and exactly the same set of lenses (30/50/80/180). It wasn't cheap though.


PostPosted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 11:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for your opinion, Miran.

Btw, I just noticed i posted in the wrong section, can I move the thread?