Auld Lang Syne
Bronica GS-1 is my sleek and elegant Medium Format of choice
Photo by cellphone, 1/31/2012
Hauled as good as forty pounds' robust portmanteau in my right hand with a forty-pounds blue-chip camera backpack strapped on my back...
A 50 mm for 6x7 medium format, merely equivalent to a 25 mm lens in 135 mm FX format, considered as a super-wide angle lens, with a bulky 95 mm ø (diameter) front lens mount, and it was not always available in the medium format world
Photo by cell phone
Oftentimes, plus another forty of lighting gear cushioned in the waterproof heavy-duty duffle bag held in my left hand...
Considering my perfect S size build, in terms of American standard of western clothing, compares to all other typically strapping six-feeters with a 200-pounder physique, namely burly male veterans I was super strong then
A 200 mm of the 6x7 medium format, merely equivalent to a 100 mm lens in 135 mm FX format, considered as a tele photo lens, with a bulky 82 mm ø (diameter) front lens mount, and it was not always available in the medium format world
Photo by cell phone
A 2x (double power) teleconverter fitted to the medium format camera between the 6x7 body and the 200 mm lens to achieve the 400 mm reach, merely equivalent to a 200 mm lens in 135 mm FX format, considered as a super-tele photo lens in the medium format world
Photo by cell phone
At the time of this writing, as of January 23, 2012. It had been thirty six years since I had been shooting, starting off as a shutterbug, of course, from both various formats and unorthodox or recherché purpose-designed models with tens of camera makings, whatever you can think of.
Not an imminent out but at some future time maybe
Photo by cell phone
Of course I did have also invested a lot of money in medium format system long since roll film eon in 1990, a twenty-two years back. The unprecendented sharpest and contrasty (among all other MFs) workhorse of Bronica GS-1 had been a no-brainer choice for my job until the merits of Digital Medium Format got eroded already by the insanely fast autofocus and four frames per second at the highest megapixel rate of DSLR some years ago.
My most recent cameras of choice leading up to the action of ceasing to work had been all top-notch Nikons, its relentless sharpness and contrast makes all else pale by comparison, 135 format-wise. Not to mention you get enough performance (like resolutions and DOF control) with a much more user friendly handling, and, on cloud nine, bigger selection of lenses.
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