![]() ![]() Standing next to this elaborately constructed chrome and leather beauty with its automatic film transport my other 6×6 folder looks and feels like a sports car parked next to the family limousine. Limousine and sports car – two folders for 120 film It’s massive as a tank or – as i put it in a blog post – as an old Mercedes car from the days when Merdedes was a synonym for longevity and build quality. Take my Super Ikonta 530/16 for instance, the 6×6 version of the legendary Zeiss Ikon medium format folders. Okay, when folded they definitely need less stowage space than let’s say a Rolleiflex, but they still can be quite hefty – and heavy – beasts. Although the words small are to be taken with a grain of salt when used in connection with those cameras. There is another category of these photographic machines i like very much: The folders – medium format for the photographer who wants his camera relatively small and light and popular from the 1920ies until quite recently (just think of the Bessa III that was sold until ten years ago). ![]() Before the switch to digital i used it a lot for professional photography and nowadays i like to grab one of my Rolleis and shoot that magic dozen of pictures the 120 film offers me.īut Rolleiflex and Rolleicord are not my only medium format film cameras. Agfa Isolette III (left) and Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta 530/16 (right) ![]()
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