First of all, thanks to all for this wonderful group. I especially appreciate that Jerry can be as opinionated as he wants, and no-one will chastise him (unlike some other groups I have seen). This is obviously a group of individuals with diverse backgrounds, all quite serious about their photography. Like other members, I have been amazed at how I am able to bring new life to old images. I have been quite happy with my second hand Umax powerlook 3000 since I started mounting everything with Kami. The scans are beautiful and very sharp. I am not a street shooter, and most of my work has been medium format and 4X5. I recently took a Koni Omega Rapid 120 to Paris, and am delighted with the images. The optics are very nice (60mm and 135mm lenses), but the camera is an absolute beast regarding weight. I also can not get used to that rangefinder thing. I really want to see what will be on the film. So, does anyone out there have recommendations for a medium format SLR camera, preferably manual, not very heavy, with nice optics (the lenses above appear to have great Bokah), that also does not say "I am a Hasselblad, steal me!". This Koni is pretty ugly and threatening which is beneficial. BTW, I did have the Pentax 6x7 in the past, and a Horseman medium format. Both were too big and heavy. Thanks to all Stephen [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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2001-08-25 by Stephen Kundell, MD
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