Re: infrared and medium format--what camera to buy?

[Jim Houha <houha@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The Plaubel Makina is a jewel of a folding 6x7 rangefinder with a nice 80mm 
or 55mm. Mine has a broken meter, but who cares. I saw they had seven for 
sale at keh.com, three with the wider lens.

I've used the Plaubel with Konica 750 with no problems. The bellows seem 
plenty opaque to IR.

At $800 and up they are only marginally affordable. A Yashica Mat 124 or a 
Holga would be a less expensive alternative.



At 10:12 AM 10/13/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>I am thinking about buying a medium format camera, possibly to use infrared
>in--and was wondering what is a good buy? good lenses etc...
>I have tried the fujifilm 6x45zi  (point and shoot really) and think the
>depth of field is a problem. I do like the convenience  and size of the
>camera however.
>I would rather not have square format--
>what's your vote on a medium format camera, thats affordable and
>versatile..  mamiya 711?  bronica?  mamiya 645--????
>thanks ..
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