I have a old Mamiya C3, and can confirm it is tank-like in build and weight. I love using it, but it is laughably heavy.
On Monday, August 19, 2019 at 8:50:43 PM UTC-4, David Bivins wrote: > > I have taken a Yashica-Mat (twin lens reflex aka TLR) on my bike. It's a > little awkward because it's big box with corners and it doesn't lay flat as > nicely as a rangefinder, but it's great. I have an acquaintance who's a > filmmaker and excellent photographer, and he was lamenting that his > Rolleiflex broke and he really didn't want to spend a lot of money to > replace or repair it. I recommended the Yashica-Mat (there's more than one > version) as a replacement, and months later he thanked me for the > recommendation. It's not too heavy. Neither is the Rolleicord. I've never > had a Rolleiflex. The Mamiya TLR C330? I think? was pretty heavy if I > recall correctly. > > On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 7:53 PM Steve Palincsar <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Well, if you want *real* image quality, it's hard to beat an 8x10 >> contact print. >> On 8/19/19 7:33 PM, Chris Balaschak wrote: >> >> >> >> On Monday, August 19, 2019 at 7:08:03 PM UTC-4, Steve Palincsar wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 8/19/19 6:17 PM, David Bivins wrote: >>> >>> ... some are very heavy >>> >>> >>> Pretty much, medium format cameras are *heavy...* >>> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f7130444-a06e-4f52-a588-fdc6c047e49e%40googlegroups.com.
