Hi everybody.
I really feel like buying a LF camera and preferably a Linhof, but I'm wondering whether it would be good idea. It's mainly to make portraits and still.
I own a Mamiya Press Universal with a 100mm 3,5 and I only use it with a polaroid back in which I put FUJI FP 100 C or BW. I also ordered some FP 3000.
I also own a Durst BW 670 which I use with films made with my Leica M2 or my Rolleicord (6x6).
I find the Linhof really beautiful but I do hesitate to buy one (a IV or a V) for several reasons :
- I like very much FUJI instant film (BW and color) and in 4x5 format, there is only the color available ;
- If I want to make 4x5 films, I would have to buy a new enlarger
- I don't know if the movements would be really useful for me
- is it better to stay with the Mamiya, with which I can use the 3 kind of FUJI instant film. I could buy a 6x7 back and use them with my Durst enlarger
- the cost of films (instant and BW) is a lot higher in 4x5 but the size is bigger !
So, in a nutshell, what would you do ? Stay with the Mamiya or go with the Linhof ?
Thanks.
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