If you want to shoot portraits, people, weddings etc, buy some Kodak Portra 400 or 160. You can get film from B&H, depends if you want colour or B&W. As long as you get a good meter and the shutter speeds and aperture works as they should, you will get stunning photos. I own a Hasselblad and it's my favourite camera ever made. Cheaper than D800EД«ronica is a copy of Hasselblad, very good copy too. Not to mention fair bit of film to Nepal, in Japan I could buy it as I needed.

Jim, For my last 3 overseas holidays to Nepal and Japan (twice), I took my Hasselblad and another 35mm MF SLR. I will definitely bring it on our annual 30 day road trip in July/August. I like it so much I'm seriously thinking about leaving the Nikon and just bringing the Hassie on my trip to the Northwest next month. Film is expensive and can be a royal PITA, but I have gradually come to use it more than my D800e when I'm just going out locally to shoot. I was lucky enough to acquire a Hasselblad system. Whether this is a fad or a long term trend remains to be seen. And despite what others have said, medium format film cameras have been increasing in value over the last couple of years. I had an ETR back in the stone age, that mirror was not the smoothest one around.Дepending on conditon you should get at least $400, maybe more if it's as pristine as your photos show. Wouldn't that be 'mirror slap'? I believe they had leaf shutters in each lens which would be quite smooth. It might be fun to play with but I don't see it being an economically viable camera for the modern era. The safest way would be to learn to do your own processing and printing.ДЇilm costs are going up too. However, I'm less certain of the quality of commercial 120 film processing any more. For me, it was never a camera you could love, instead it was a tool to be used for specific purposes.ДЄs far as being sharp, I don't think you can do much better than this camera providing you have good consistent photo processing and printing. It was considered pretty much, by those of us who had one, a tripod based studio camera. It was not an easy camera to handhold at anything much under 1/500th second. It has a severe case of 'shutter shock' at all shutter speeds (though in those days we called it vibration). You could also buy all sorts of penta prism devices and viewfinders (both with and without light meters).

It's default aspect ratio is 6ењ† cm, but you can/could buy all sorts of backs for it. There were just too many of them made to be collectible. I don't think it has much resale value, either as usable photo gear or as a collectible. MF cameras don't command high prices so I'm not sure if it's worth selling but it would be fun to use and the pictures will be sharp, you can also scan the result for digital PP. The SQ-A was introduced in 1982, it's a 6ењ† format on 120 film which is readily available on line and camera stores. The gear is cheap (ish) and you learn a lot.

I'm a fan of the slower pace of this format. Bronica didn't stick around long enough to get seriously into this (and they're very expensive anywa y). Plenty around used - Sekonic do good, reasonably priced meters and they've been around a while so there are plenty on the market.Дigital back - more problematic. You'll need a light meter (you could use a camera with a built-in meter to measure exposure, but it' a bit clunky). You might find 220 film too, twice the length (so 24 shots/roll), but much rarer.Дevelopment labs should also be findable on the web (sorry, I'm in the UK, so can't be specific about Canada). 120 film will give you 12 shots per roll. Look for 120 roll film on the web - there are bound to be places selling it. Shot some weddings with it and loved the output. I also have the wide angle (50mm) and short telephoto (150mm) lenses. I have one of these, bought in the late 1980's. Here is a link to a few photos I quickly snapped of the find: I've read about 'digital backs', does any exist for this particular camera?ДЇinally, what would it's worth be on the market? It's in excellent pristine condition, has original certificate, some accessories are bagged, but no box for the camera body. So are there people still using these cameras, and what for? Where would I get film for it if I wanted to try it out? (located in Canada). I've only been moderately interested in photography in the past 2 years and my experience is only with small mirrorless system cameras. i don't have much knowledge of how it works or what it's capabilities are. I recently stumbled upon this camera in my parent's 'junk'and well.

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