MF camera recommendation

Orio · Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 12895 Location: West Emilia

If you want wide angle then compact or folded cameras like those suggested so far, are not for you.

The cheapest solution I can think of for wide angle is Pentacon 6 or Kiev-66 camera, plus a MIR-36B 65mm lens (equivalent of 40mm of small format).

A Pentacon-6 should be found around 80-90 Euros
A MIR-36B (exceptional quality lens) around 40 Euros
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Nesster · Joined: 24 Apr 2008 Posts: 610

The thing about TLRs and the best of the vintage folders (e.g. http://www.certo6.com/) that for not much money you get an excellent camera. So in this case cheap doesn't have to mean poor quality. For example, I bought my Diacord for $35.

In wide angle, there is a non-interchangeable option with the Fuji rangefinder series.
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rick_oleson · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 2:20 pm Post subject:

Last fall I bought a very nice Rolleiflex MX for $156. You might have to go as high as $180.

In an SLR, I don't think $200 is going to buy you anything that you'll be able to trust, and additional lenses are likely to run you an extra $200 each or more.

But it's your money. In the SLR range, one that I like personally is the Mamiya 645. It has an electronic shutter, and generally either works right or quits, not a lot of fussing in between. I also like the Praktisix/Pentacon Six series, and have two of them.... but I do my own repair, and have done so on both. If I had to send them out the economic equation would be quite different.
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Flor27 · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Posts: 1202 Location: Paris, France

I've got my P6 TL with Biometar 80 & Flektogon 50 for less than 90 € including shipping. Not in pristine state for sure, but it works flawlessly.

Sure, it's massive and prone to film transport problem if you are due with it but it's a SLR with a large lenses catalogue with some real keepers (Sonnar 180, Flek 50, ...).

Anyway I will probably get a TLR for my brother as his first MF camera... and theft it sometime Smile

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