Amateur Photographer – 16 August 2019

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Choosing

a roll film

r e fl e x

●Whichimageformatworksbestforyou?

●Traditionalboxshapecameraorlarge
35mmSLRlookalike?

●Waist-leveloreye-levelviewfinder?

●Plainfocusingscreenorrangefinder
equipped?

●Fullymanualormetered?

●Areyoupreparedtousea tripod,ordo
youwanttoonlyusethecamerahandheld?
If thelatter,a waist-levelviewfinderwillsuit
youbet ter.

●Canyoubuy 120 filmeasily?
If not,runa searchonAmazon:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=120+roll+film.

●Canyouget 120 filmprocessed?If your
localhighstreetprocessorscan’thandleit,
trywww.digitalab.co.uk/film-processing.

●Althoughmanyrollfilmreflexesare
relativelycheaptobuy,theirlensesand
accessoriesremainexpensive.Takethis
intoaccountwhenmakingyourchoice.

Hasselblad500C/M

LAUNCHED 1970

FORMAT 12 exp6x6cm

GUIDEPRICETODAY£900-1,200

Hasselbladsbreakdownintothe
traditionalmodulardesignof body,lens,
fi lmbackandviewfinder.Earlycameras
usedfocalplaneshutters,butwiththe
Hasselblad500C,launched
in 1957,a switchwas
madetolensintegral
mechanicalleaf
shutters,speeded
1-1/500sec.The
500C/Mis anupgrade
of theHasselblad
500C,notablefor
theeasewithwhich
focusingscreenscan
beexchanged.Look
foronewiththespecial
brightscreentoincrease
viewfinderbrilliance.A wide
rangeof lensesandaccessoriesis
available.Hasselbladsareexpensive,
buttheirqualityis legendary.

Zenith 80

LAUNCHED 1972

FORMAT 12 exp 6x6cm

GUIDEPRICETODAY£90-150

If youfancya Hasselbladbutyourbudgetwon’t

stretchtoit, trythisRussiancopyof a Hasselblad

1000F.Itsusualstandardlensis an80mm

Industar,buta 65mmf/3.5Mir-3wideangleand

a 300mmf/4.5Tair-33telephoto

werealsomadeforthe

camera.Theshutteris

mechanical,buta wordof

warning:shutterspeedsmust

besetbeforefilmwinding.

Settingtheshutterafter

windingwilljam

themechanism.

Despiteits

relativelylowcost,

it’sa goodsolid

cameracapable

of qualityresults.

Pentax6x7

LAUNCHED 1969

FORMAT 10 exp6x7cm

GUIDEPRICETODAY£400-600

Testbench ROLL FILM SLRS

Roll film reflex round-up

Here’s a camera that you can

use like a giant 35mm SLR, but

with the image size and quality

of a roll fi lm camera. It can be

equipped with a metered

eye-level viewfi nder or a

non-metered version plus a

waist-level fi nder. The standard

lens is usually a 90mm focal

length, but a range from 35mm

fi sheye to 1,000mm telephoto

is also available. The electronic

focal plane shutter offers

speeds of 1-1/1,000sec.

Hasselblad 500C/M:

expensive, but top quality

Zenith 80 with

standard lens

fitted, plus

telephoto and

wideangle lenses

Pentax 6x7, side

by side with a

Pentax ME Super

for scale, giving an

idea of its size