John KM/linhof

Why not stay in the Leica realm and get a "Texas Leica", from Fuji. I have a GW670III in for repair and like my Linhof 220 has a great lens.

Just like trucks/cars. The newer ones are inviting but the old ones still run and get you to the store, work and family visits just fine.

I have lots of keepers going back to the 1950's. They are kept in boxes, negative sleeves, slide mounts, pictures in bags and on the wall, and lastly on the computer and backup drives. Knowing ...

What a beast indeed. Most of my 6x7 slides were taken with a Linhof 220 another weird camera from the 1960/70's. My Press 70 is still a work in progress since I have parts of 3 bodies and 2 lenses ...

I almost fell into that trap many times, e.g. sell everything and get a Fuji GFX system. But I realised I get pleasure out of using/fixing/repairing mechanical things like cars motorcycles and yes ...

When the 7D came out I just had to have one but really couldn't justify the expense. Then with all the "back focus" complaints (a co-worker returned 2 for this issue and finally gave up and went ...

Look for one of the really old WA lenses that you spin a propeller to even out light distribution across the frame. Haven't seen one in years but I believe they work effectively. I think they were ...

I agree. You can have many concurrent passions.

Well I guess because I like cameras almost as much as I like having photo's hanging on the wall. They are foam core mounted up to 20x24. with an old 4x5 slide I still have some Cibachrome Prints ...

As I have explained to my wife, you can never have too many cameras or wide-angle lenses. My widest is a 165mm f/8 SA for both 5x7 and 4x10 film. It is in a Compur Electronic #3 shutter from the ...

Joe it is great here from a fellow traveler. My interest in photography started in the 1950's but was stirred by seeing large format prints in IPT in 1968. I have had at least one type of Linhof ...

I have bought and/or subscribed to many magazines since the early 1960's. In 1968 I read my first magazine dedicated to Large Format Photography. It was a quarterly magazine from Germany known as ...

Isn't that what Gaffer tape's for. Have used it on my Maxxum 9 film camera from 1999.

I only have wide angle lenses for my X-Pro1 and XE-1: 16, 18 and 27. The reason for an XT-1 is for longer lenses, mostly manual, like 135 Canon SM Serena and Minolta AF 50 and 100 macro, and ...

Having an X-Pro1 and an XE-1 does make sense to also have the XT-1? Or am too stuck on the first gen sensor which is adequate for my needs.

Maybe it is the "new stuff" that is causing the separation.

Don't mess with past. Balsam is used in lots of lenses. I have a packet of Balsam but have never had the need to re-cement a lens so far.

I had an old BSA 2-sroke motorbike that acted the same way. I was happily driving along when it just stopped and wouldn't start. Had to sit by the roadside for 20-30 minutes before it would go. ...

I have the Minolta 200mm f/2.8 and would like to get the 300mm f/2.8 but they are still  too expensive for my taste. Still like my A850's and the old Maxxum 9 film camera. My lenses are now the ...

The film XK and Maxxum 9 are both well made and almost indestructible. But my first Minolta, the SR7, is in the running too.