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Originally Posted by garysanfran
Of old B&W photos...And the nostalgia that goes with it. Do you recall what kind of camera(s) was (were) used? Rolleiflexes were common among journalists then. Common format was 4x5 and 4x6.
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Rolleiflex (and Rolleicord) came onto the market in the 1960s, so the camera used was probably a 4x5 "Press camera". (Medium or Large format). Yashica "twin-lens" clones appeared about the same time—selling for less than $30! (Seeing their quality, I ordered
three Yashicamat 124G cameras in the mid-1970s).
Among other medium-format cameras, I used a
Pentax 645,
Zeiss Nettar, and a most-excellent
Kowa SLR.
This older (2x4, 6x6, 2¼x2¼) format is seeing a resurgence, with camera prices edging-up. (Mint-condition
Yashica 124Gs are selling for 10x their original price)!
And why not?
Large-format cameras claim a
480 megapixel quality.
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