I've had a Bronica SQ-A for ~10 years, though it hasn't shot a roll in 3-4. Always worked perfectly and the images looked amazing when printed.
Stopped shooting with it when I no longer had darkroom access, tried again several times over the years but paying to develop the film and then scanning it on a flatbed took all the fun out for me. Maybe if dedicated MF film scanners hadn't gone the way of the dodo but I really hated the process of scanning film with an Epson flatbed. The results were never what I wanted, exactly, and when printed didn't justify the expense of MF over good digital.
Part of me would still love the Fuji/Voigtlander 6x6/6x7 rangefinder, I love the square.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 1 January 2014 23:25 (ten years ago) link
I pulled the trigger on the Mamiya. I'm expecting to mostly shoot B+W as I can develop it at home, don't think there's anywhere local that can do colour 120.
― michaellambert, Thursday, 2 January 2014 00:24 (ten years ago) link
Our Bronica is similarly underused - haven't developed a roll in a couple of years.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 2 January 2014 12:46 (ten years ago) link
just realized I've had the Bronica for 12 years. lol old
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 2 January 2014 17:26 (ten years ago) link
I bought an Olympus RC on ebay for a tenner. Just took it out for the first time today, having never used a rangefinder in my life. The shutter is so quiet!
― sktsh, Saturday, 29 March 2014 17:47 (ten years ago) link
that was always a selling point for rangefinders - no mirrors to move around as part of the shutter-release sequence
― Lee626, Saturday, 29 March 2014 22:46 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Exy2N4D.jpg
I need this camera!
― 龜, Sunday, 30 March 2014 00:20 (ten years ago) link
Olympus RC has a leaf shutter, so it can flash sync all the way to 1/500. Only a stop slower than the Fuji X100s.
Very, very cool for flash fill in daylight portraiture.
― Congratulations! And my condolences. (Sanpaku), Sunday, 30 March 2014 03:39 (ten years ago) link