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Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> Frank Sereno <fserenonospam@nospamsbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Robert Bonomi wrote:
>>> barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 17 Jun 2009, Cydrome Leader wrote:
> 
>>>>> Anybody have a working Mamiya 645 Pro for sale?
>>>>> The version of the Pro doesn't really matter.
> 
>>>> This is a camera?
>>>> digital or what?
> 
>>> It's a "medium format" film camera, intended for the professional
>>> photographer.  the negative is about 3x the size of full-frame 35mm.
> 
>> So what are this camera's main uses?  Would it be for portraits? 
>>  Yeah, I know I could Google the information, but we almost 
>> never have a good conversation in this group so I figured why not 
>> ask, maybe we'll learn something interesting.
> 
> It takes 120 film, I think. I have a couple of twin-lense reflex cameras
> that take 120. They are handy for outdoor scenes. Because you take the
> shot at about waist height, generally, you're not looking down on your
> subject.
> 
> The Mamiya is an SLR variation, on the twin-lense concept as you still
> look down through the top but through the actual lense. I assume the
> image isn't reversed as it would be in twin lense, but I've never used one.
> 
> Hasselblad is SLR medium format, but you look through the back. When the
> mechanism moves out of the way, you can feel the camera vibrate. I've never
> been convinced that the image doesn't blur slightly at times. It's a big
> mechanism versus 35mm SLR.
> 
> I used to shoot 120 Kodachrome. Alas, it's not manufactured anymore.


Thanks for the info!  Digital is killing film photography except 
for a handful of applications.  Photography today is less of an 
art than it was back 20 years ago or more.