Originally Posted by
neil poulsen
I had a Wista SP, which I gather is much the same as a VX. (The latter doesn't have a back that rotates.) In addition to being able to use a bag bellows with the Wista, there's one other advantage (for architecture) that the Wista offers over the Linhof. (So I recall reading.)
The bed is short enough that, even using a 75 mm super-wide, one doesn't need to drop the bed to avoid its being included in the lens' angle of view. This is not true for a Linhof, even for a 90mm lens. (Typically, a 90mm lens is the most used for architecture.)
I had the attachment rail for using a 47mm super-wide on my SP. But even replacing the regular rail with this attachment, the rail still adds altitude. Of course, then one must drop the bed. All in all, it was fidgety.
The VX/SP cameras are solidly built. That said, I tried using the rail extension with extension bellows for lenses longer than 300mm on my SP. (e.g. a 355mm G-Claron.) Kind of wobbly, so I returned these two accessories.
I bought the SP for a really excellent price (can't remember now), so I had fun giving it a try with some of its various accessories. I thought that it might be a good alternative for landscape photography. But, I'm enough of a rail person, I finally decided to part with the SP.
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