[Leica] Update on Hasselblad and Agfa

[dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)]

On 12/24/05, Adam Bridge <abridge@gmail.com> wrote:

> I assume that someone out on the net has written a "how to buy a used
> Hassellblad system spendingi not very much so you can afford a digital
> M" but I haven't found it.
>
> Medium format entry points appreciated.

I once got an oral run-through of what to watch out for, and there
were a few things. I don't remember the details, I'd have to have a
camera in front of me, but it had to do with worn out pieces of
padding, I think. The mirror could come into a wrong position thus
resulting in bad focus. Things like that.

If you are worried about the optics (compared to Pentax ... but I
really doubt that you need to be) you might seriously consider a
Rolleiflex. You can get your Zeiss standard lens (75mm or 80mm) and
you get a quiet, Leica-like, camera to boot.

Daniel