Looks like its the MPP for me, thanks to all for helping me come to that conclusion.
Andy
Looks like its the MPP for me, thanks to all for helping me come to that conclusion.
Andy
'Life is tough, but its tougher when you're stupid' John Wayne
Good choice Andy, and good luck in your search for an MPP.
Here's a short video I made of my MPP being used in anger:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl0Pa7UTpuo
Good job, Matt! Good to see you out and about there with the Mk7. Were you wearing a wireless mic for that?
Probably a good decision.
I own two Speed Graphics and a Crown Graphic (they aren't my main 5x4 cameras), I've been half looking for an MPP Mk VII for a few years.
MPP with British Government help based their Micro Technical camera on the Linhof Technika made at the start of WWII, the MPP and and later Linhof models were way ahead of any Gralfex cameras at the time.
There's Pros & Cons to the MPP's, I've finally by chance gone the other way buying a Graflex Super Graphic a couple of days ago, this is Graflex's rather late competitor to Linhof & MPP, a technical camera rather than a Press Camera.
Ian
Well Graflex did claim they had the features of their Press cameras but also many new features as well
A Technical camera is designed to be used as an all round "work-horse" LF camera, so has a good range of movements and the capability for Press use as well.
However Press cameras and particularly the Pacemaker Graphics and earlier Graflex's have very limited movements so have reduced capabilities.
In many respects it's the legacy of WWII aircraft building that gave us the lighter alloys used in many Technical cameras like the Linhof's, MPP's and later the Super Graphics.
So a Technical camera can be used as a Press camera but not vice versa.
Ian
very good thread,
I hope mine arives next days,
directly from England
cheers
martin
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