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    Re: What is so great about a converted Polaroid camera?

    Bill, that is a great portrait.
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    Re: What is so great about a converted Polaroid camera?

    Quote Originally Posted by Frank Petronio View Post

    I know because I've tested... a handheld 6x9 will almost always be sharper than a handheld 4x5 in the final print.
    I have observed similar results, hand-holding with available light. The one case where this does not stand up is when using a powerful rapid xenon flash.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matus Kalisky View Post
    Bill, that is a great portrait.
    Thanks Matus!

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    Re: What is so great about a converted Polaroid camera?

    p.s. Frank, I'm proud of that shot, but it's only one shot, the only one that even compares to what you do. Your portfolios are amazing and I'll never come close. But I have no problem getting sharp shots. I just use 1/300th all the time. I keep an eye on the light when I'm out and when 1/300 f/4.7 doesn't work... The camera goes in the pack and I pick up the conversation.

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    Re: What is so great about a converted Polaroid camera?

    Thanks. A lot of my work was 4x5 handheld, I certainly understand the attraction of doing it. I'm just saying that in most cases, a good medium format camera will outperform the 4x5 in a side-by-side practical real world situation.

    But yes, a handheld 8x10 Gowlandflex and 64,000 watts of strobe at f/32 would probably trump all. I'm just talking about common usage and mainstream gear. If you simply want good pictures from a light, compact package that can be handheld, I would stick to 6x7 or 6x9 medium format.

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    Re: What is so great about a converted Polaroid camera?

    Frank,
    You are talking about the Fuji 6x9, but it seems that a Fuji 6x7 also exists. The latter would be a good competitor to a converted 4x5 Polaroid, don't you think ?
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    Yep, most people who own them agree that all the Fuji 6x7 and 6x9 rangefinders are very sharp, nice cameras. So are the Mamiya 6 and 7 cameras and the newer Bessa folder (also made by Fuji).

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    Re: What is so great about a converted Polaroid camera?

    In my dreamland, leica would have scaled up the M-4 to 220 formats and then 4x5.



    Why not a Hasselblad scaled up to 4x5 (oh wate, Graflex already Did that a hundred years ago).

    Wasen't the Mamya RB67 evolved from a 2 1/4 x3 1/4 Graflex?

    Some of the early folding Kodak roll film cameras were almost 4x5.

    Maybe they should adjust my medication again.

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    Re: What is so great about a converted Polaroid camera?

    They already made the perfect camera in Rochester 60 years ago, only problem was it used 70mm film:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/canuckshutterer/304345166/

    The 70mm Combat Graphic was pretty close to ideal.


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    Re: What is so great about a converted Polaroid camera?

    Over the summer I returned to my 6x9 and 35mm cameras...

    It was fun and I got shots I like...

    But I'm back to the 4x5 for next season.

    Frank, you're right that handheld, there is a point below which you might as well have used a smaller format. I find some additional yield that 4x5 gives. A roll of 35mm gives a few good shots, a few rolls of 120 give a few good shots and a Grafmatic gives a few good shots.

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