Ok, courtesy of the ever kind and friendly Cindy Flood, have a Nikon V Coolscan enroute. Stupidly sold my 5000ED and all film gear a couple of years ago and regretted it since.
Use a Canon 1Ds2 primarily shooting Voigtlander SL, SLII and Mamiya M645 glass via adapters. Looking for some possible AiS glass in future as well. Have shot with Nikon D1, D1H series, Fuji S3, Nikon FE2, in past. Use Elinchrom lighting (modest) and Nikon SB-80dxs and SB-24 (w/IR filter as wireless trigger) as flashes in small SBs, modifiers as well.
Am thinking F5, maybe F4/S, but thought my exploration might make a good discussion of various bodies. My thoughts/requirements/musings as background:
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1. Not looking to spend big $$, say $400 and under for a BGN model.
2. More heft than say FE2. Loved mine, but found mirror slap with such low-mass body not to my liking.
3. Must have MLU (rules out F100)
4. More metering functions with AiS, an Ai-P (chipped AiS a la Cv SLII), the better.
5. AF would be preferred but not absolute.
6. The 3D Color Metering of F5 sounds sweet for use with AFD glass.
7 Size not a big concern.
8. Ability to use common batteries would be nice - as in AAs, etc vs. requiring charger.
9. Has to be able to take abuse.
10. Optional VFs like Waist Level MIGHT be nice. Have Mamiya M645 bellows en-route and might come in handy when body mounted on same.
That should get the chatter going. Thoughts?
Use a Canon 1Ds2 primarily shooting Voigtlander SL, SLII and Mamiya M645 glass via adapters. Looking for some possible AiS glass in future as well. Have shot with Nikon D1, D1H series, Fuji S3, Nikon FE2, in past. Use Elinchrom lighting (modest) and Nikon SB-80dxs and SB-24 (w/IR filter as wireless trigger) as flashes in small SBs, modifiers as well.
Am thinking F5, maybe F4/S, but thought my exploration might make a good discussion of various bodies. My thoughts/requirements/musings as background:
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1. Not looking to spend big $$, say $400 and under for a BGN model.
2. More heft than say FE2. Loved mine, but found mirror slap with such low-mass body not to my liking.
3. Must have MLU (rules out F100)
4. More metering functions with AiS, an Ai-P (chipped AiS a la Cv SLII), the better.
5. AF would be preferred but not absolute.
6. The 3D Color Metering of F5 sounds sweet for use with AFD glass.
7 Size not a big concern.
8. Ability to use common batteries would be nice - as in AAs, etc vs. requiring charger.
9. Has to be able to take abuse.
10. Optional VFs like Waist Level MIGHT be nice. Have Mamiya M645 bellows en-route and might come in handy when body mounted on same.
That should get the chatter going. Thoughts?
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