What 1k Medium format camera for Landscapes

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Looking to get a Medium Format film camera for my landscape work. My budget will be a 1k for camera & Lens. Can anyone suggest one. (y)
 
£1k is plenty money for a VERY good setup. Might as well go all the way and try and source yourself a Hasselblad with 80mm and 50mm lenses. A similar Bronica setup would work too.

If you fancy a larger format, you could look for a Mamiya RB67 setup.
 
How about a 6x17 setup? I'd have thought £1k would cover that.

Phil
 
philthejuggler said:
How about a 6x17 setup? I'd have thought £1k would cover that.

Phil
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Be lucky to get a lens for a grand unless its a made up camera or a pinhole.
A fuji 617 90mm is 2K, the body is.....I dunno.....2.5K ?

For a pano landscape, probably only the Xpan comes in under a grand, but that's 35mm.

6x6 - Blad, Bronica....
6x7 - gotta be an RB/RZ, or Bronica GS1, or maybe for portability a Mamiya 7
6x8 - might get lucky with a Fuji GX680.....ooo, I'd like one of those :)
6x9 - I dunno, maybe go L/F with 5x4 and 6x9 back
 
Snapper73 said:
Looking to get a Medium Format film camera for my landscape work. My budget will be a 1k for camera & Lens. Can anyone suggest one. (y)
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I would go for a mamiya RZ67, with Mifsuds down the road you will have plenty of choice, I know that I am going to be poping in there over the next couple of days while I am down your neck of the woods on business.
 
joxby said:
Be lucky to get a lens for a grand unless its a made up camera or a pinhole.
A fuji 617 90mm is 2K, the body is.....I dunno.....2.5K ?

For a pano landscape, probably only the Xpan comes in under a grand, but that's 35mm.

6x6 - Blad, Bronica....
6x7 - gotta be an RB/RZ, or Bronica GS1, or maybe for portability a Mamiya 7
6x8 - might get lucky with a Fuji GX680.....ooo, I'd like one of those :)
6x9 - I dunno, maybe go L/F with 5x4 and 6x9 back
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How about this: £1400, but two lenses included:

http://used-digital-camera-hifi-phones.vivastreet.co.uk/camera-tv-sale-buy+liverpool-l10/fuji-gx617-professional-panoramic-camera-6x17--2-lenses/15477533

Perhaps with just one lens £1k is realistic?

Phil

Excerpt:

Fuji GX617 Professional Panoramic Camera 6x17 +2 lenses
Fuji GX617 Professional Panoramic Camera Medium Format Camera outfit. The camera body is in excellent cosmetic condition with very minor blemishes . Also included are:

EBC Fujinon SWD 90mm 1:5.6 Lens
EBC Fujinon SWD 180mm 1:6.7 Lens
Mamiya 77mm SL39 UV Filter.
Mamiya 77mm SL-1B Filter
B&W 77mm Polarizing Filter (Made in Germany).
Fuji 2X Neutral Density Center Filter for 90mm Lens
Fuji GX617 Focusing Screen for ultra accurate focusing.
Pelican 1520 padded watertight Hard Case.
All of these lenses are in excellent condition with minor blemishes, free of fungus or any of the other internal problems usually noted.
Original Fuji Instruction booklet.
 
joxby said:
I dunno....:shrug:, its very cheap.

I still think a 2nd hand lens for 1k is more realistic.
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Did you check out the link? Perhaps someone should snap their hands off....
 
philthejuggler said:
Did you check out the link? Perhaps someone should snap their hands off....
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Ofcourse, maybe somebody should...best of luck with that one :)
There's one in the classifieds at Robert Whites, body and a couple of lenses.
£3900.
 
You can get a Mamiya 7 + 43mm lens with external viewfinder, that will save your back, due to the lightweight construction, and will produce some outstanding results.
They don't come any better than this if you are looking for excellent image quality.

Rangefinder wide angle lenses also have very low distortion levels, since they don't have any mirrors blocking their optical designs.
 
for £1000 id say go large format!! go on, you know its something you want to try really. I did want to go MF but skipped that and now shooting LF. Love every minute of it!
 
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