Hi,
After some months of thinking, I am getting a LF camera : ) !!!
I don't know if I may go solo on this one, or if a friend
may share the investment with me.
I am trying to keep the system as simple as possible: the
camera, one lens, and the necessary accesories.
The camera we have thought on is the Chamonix 45N-2.
This is a very light camera. (Unfortunately,) we are buying
it new and paying the full $900 that it costs. I have not
seen a used one on sale recently. May be is good to buy
it new. I was "warned" when I entered this forum. A per-
son said that not everybody stays in love with LF for a very
long time. We hope for the long run, but we don't know
either. Perhaps we don't loose a lot if we have to sell it.
The lens that has recently been offered to us is a Xenar
210mm f/6.1 from Schneider Kreuznach. Some months
ago we thought of a shorter focal length, something be-
tween 110 mm. and 150 mm., but this lens is coming our
way, so it looks like we are going to take it. What would
you say is a fair/good price to pay ?? The lens glass is
scratch, mold and fungus free. We are going to see the
lens in the coming days, and except from the fact that it
carries the Schneider "last name", we don't know if it is
a good lens per se. Being the equivalent of a 62(*70)
mm. lens, the lens will be used for full and half body
compositions. As we get better with the handling of the
camera, some portraiture and some still lifes too.
I found one thread about this lens here, it is quite
positive. It would be interesting to hear more from you:
http://www.largeformatphotography.in...p/t-18282.html
Other accesories sold for the camera are the following.
Please feel free to recommend them to us or to avoid
any of them.
There is a choice between the universal bellows $88, and
the standard bellows $56. Which one is enough for a
lens up to 210 mm.?
http://www.chamonixviewcamera.com/bellow.html
Lens board. They sell two choices. Do I need any of
these two?:
Linhoff type carbon fiber lens board from Chamonix: $75
Sinar type carbon fiber lens board from Chamonix: $88
http://www.chamonixviewcamera.com/lensboard.html
An adapter:
http://www.chamonixviewcamera.com/adapters.html
Viewers:
Folding $45
Reflex $200, expensive, isn't? Almost one fourth the
value of the camera body!
http://www.chamonixviewcamera.com/viewfinder.html
Thank you, kind regards,
Ig Nacio : ) !!!
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