Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> A couple of weeks ago I fondled a Bronica RF 645 and I liked it so much > that I bought one :-) While I do not shoot 35mm film anymore, I still > enjoy medium format, and the Bronica gives me the advantages of a > rangefinder and the nice big negative. It feels very much like a Leica, > and is not much bigger than an M7. I have put up some test pictures (on > Agfa Scala, notoriously difficult to scan, but the seller included 4 > rolls with the camera, so I might as well use them): > http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/2226109 > > One of the neat things about this camera is that it takes 220 film. > There are not many choices in 220, but that perennial street-shooting > favourite, Tri-X, is reasonably easily available. And this means 32 > pictures on a roll, not far behind a 35mm camera. > 1,3,5 (and 4 if 5 were not there) stand out as wonderful street images, the others look a bit like record shots Cheers