Hello everybody,
Maybe I should first tell some things about me. I started again with photography about five years ago with digital SLR and got tempted by the MF "big" size of the Mamyia RB67. I shoot only manual focus lenses on my DSLR so I only had to add a light meter to my bag and was able to shoot the RB. The only drawback of the RB is it is big and loves to stay on a tripod, in the mean time it lacks movements, and this is why I got tempted by LF : even bigger size of the neg and the possibility of perspective and focus control is what I miss in my current tools.
Investigating the various LF cameras, I have put myself some targets : weight should not be much higher than the Mamiya RB, should allow some movements, esp. shift and tilt. The adaption of the RB backs and, much better, a 6x17 roll film adapter is also very nice.
I found the Shen Hao would be a nice camera with regard to my wishes, but then price is also an issue, and the shen hao and the 6x17 back are not that inexpensive anymore so I wanted to hear if you know something about similar alternatives on the used market. I would like to concentrate more on the lenses than on the body, this is the way I have build my DSLR system until now and I'm very happy with this approach.
Regards, Stefan
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