Posted by Joseph Kayne on October 20, 2008 at 3:58 PM
If anyone who's gone digital has this system that they may want to sell, please email me. Thanks. Joe.
Posted by Dan Borzynski on October 20, 2008 at 10:13 PM
Joe,
The Fuji 6x17 is a great system. You won't go wrong with it.
Having said that, have you considered looking at the 5x7 format, with a Canham or other third party 6x17 back? Costwise, it should be comparable. Also, since 6x17 is such a wide format, the movements in a LF system may prove to be useful. We might even convert you to the dark slide...
Shen Hao also makes a 6x17 back for their 4x5 cameras, but you are fairly limited in lens selections before vignetting sets in. If I remember correctly, a 90 and 150 mm lenses are fine, 210 results in noticeable vignetting, and anything shorter than 90 mm is physically not worth trying, and may well be impossible.
Just offering the thought...
(Edit: Oh wait, you shoot LF already, don't you? )
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1 repliesThe Fuji 6x17 is a great system. You won't go wrong with it.
Having said that, have you considered looking at the 5x7 format, with a Canham or other third party 6x17 back? Costwise, it should be comparable. Also, since 6x17 is such a wide format, the movements in a LF system may prove to be useful. We might even convert you to the dark slide...
Shen Hao also makes a 6x17 back for their 4x5 cameras, but you are fairly limited in lens selections before vignetting sets in. If I remember correctly, a 90 and 150 mm lenses are fine, 210 results in noticeable vignetting, and anything shorter than 90 mm is physically not worth trying, and may well be impossible.
Just offering the thought...
(Edit: Oh wait, you shoot LF already, don't you?