Vintage Medium Format Camera
A mid-range digital medium-format camera will run somewhere in the neighborhood of $15,000; an excellent one will be closer to $30,000. That’s the cost equivalent of a film-based Hasselblad 500C/M and 2,800 rolls of film.
It has two medium-format camera models, the Kiev 88 and the Kiev 60. The Kiev 88 is patterned after the Hasselblad 1600 F, while the Kiev 60 is a patterned loosely on the Pentacon Six. Kiev attracted a lot of amateurs and enthusiasts because of its cheap price.
Classic Medium Format: Specializing in vintage Medium Format cameras, Ansco, Baby Ikonta, Bertram Press, Welta, Fujica, Plaubel Makina, Primarette, Bergheil, Nagel
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Medium Format SLR cameras aren’t incredibly expensive compared to their digital descendants, but some of them can be quite pricey if you’re looking for the very best.
35mm can be blown up to an 8×10 easily, but medium format and large pieces of sheet film can be blown up to poster size with little trouble. Most medium format cameras shoot a square that is close to four times the size of a 35mm negative. That’s four times the resolution, four times the detail.
With its fold-down lens, this camera has the title of being one of the most portable compact 6×7 shooters ever put on the market, making it an ideal pick for the photographer looking to take medium-format shots while on big outdoor hikes or long trips.
Mar 12, 2018 · Four Vintage Medium Format 2-1/4 Square Twin-Lens Reflexes Rolleiflex Automat MX EVS: Any post-WWII Rolleiflex twin-lens reflex is a great choice for retro analog shooters, but the classic MX EVS of the mid-’50s, with 75mm f/3.5 Zeiss Tessar or Schneider Xenar lens, is probably the most affordable.
The Mamiya 6 has to be one of the best medium format film cameras ever made. If you don’t have one, then aspire to get one one day.
