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Thread: Finding a MF camera by film edges

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    Finding a MF camera by film edges

    I know this isn't LF related, but I'm curious. There is a feature I'm looking at in a magazine, and the frame edges were left in a number of the shots. I'm interested in finding what camera was used, but I can't seem to find it. Does anyone know a website that shows what frame borders various MF cameras make?

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    Re: Finding a MF camera by film edges

    I don't think you'll be able to figure that out. The MF cameras I've used don't do anything unique for borders. Many times the borders are faked in magazines too in the name of artistic license.

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    Re: Finding a MF camera by film edges

    AFAIK The only distinctive one is the Hassy backs have 2 notches on one side.
    Real cameras are measured in inches...
    Not pixels.

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    Re: Finding a MF camera by film edges

    I'm pretty sure that MF cams each make a fairly unique mark. The RZ is very distinctive, and quite different from the mamiya 7 etc. The film edges in this feature were not faked btw, and even if they were, they were scanned from real film =)

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    Re: Finding a MF camera by film edges

    Oh yeah, Thats right, the Mamiya RB, & RZ have very distinctive corners.
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    Re: Finding a MF camera by film edges

    The ones I'm seeing look very similar to the RZ, but has two hassy live V lines at the bottom. Maybe these are faked from a hassy, but the feature was shot with film, so who knows...

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    Re: Finding a MF camera by film edges

    The 2 Hasselblad "spikes" are the most well known, IIRC some Mamiya or other japanese manufacturer had a special design in the "corners".

    (I think this thread would belong into the lounge.)

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    Re: Finding a MF camera by film edges

    Can I move the thread to the lounge myself? I don't mind...

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    Re: Finding a MF camera by film edges

    Jrewt,

    I'm not sure you should rely on notches or anything else to try to figure this out. I've got four A12 Hasse backs and I have filed additional notches in each one (1-4 notches) to identify the inserts in case of frame overlap or some other problem. Makes it much easier to figure out which one might need service. Other folks might do something similar so it could easily confuse the issue.

    If you've got that magazine, why not simply track down who did the shoot and call, email or otherwise contact them for this information.
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    Re: Finding a MF camera by film edges

    Lenser, it was shot by con poulos- and he does not return emails unfortunately.

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