Medium Format Camera Reviews
By Danny Gonzalez

Special Thanks to Danny Gonzalez for Sharing this Information with us
and allowing it to be posted at this Medium Format Library Site

Medium Format Cameras Pt. I

 Introduction and Q&A

6x7 Format:

Bronica GS1

Pentax 67:

Mamiya RZ/RZ pro II:

Mamiya RB67 ProS/ Pro SD

Mamiya 7

Plaubel 67

Fuji 67/670/wide models:

Alpa 12 SW/SWA

Older 6x7 Options:

6x6 Format:

Bronica SQ/SQa/SQb/SQai

Bronica S2/S2a, EC/ECTL,

Exacta 66/66mdlII/Pentacon 6:

Hasselblad 501c, 503cxi, 500ELM/X, 553ELX

Alpa 12 SW/SWA

Updates and New Camera Pages:

Otto Fajen reviews Mamiya Universal... [8/2000]

Hasselblad H1 Autofocus 6x4.5cm SLR [10/2002]

Contax 645 Autofocus SLR [8/2002]

 

Medium Format Cameras Part II:

Hasselblad 2000/200 series

Mamiya 6/ 6MF

Rollei 6003/6008/6008 Integral

Rollei SL66/Sl66e/se/x:

Kowa 66/6mm/Super 66

Mamiya C33/330/22/220

Rolleiflex TLR's

Yashicamat 124G/Minolta Autocords (later)

Graflex Norita 66

645 FORMAT CAMERAS

Bronica ETR/ETRS/ETRSi.

Mamiya 645 Super/Pro/SV/SVX pack.

Pentax 645/Pentax 645N AF.

Dollar Perspectives:

Whole cameras, $1500 and under, currently available new

Whole cameras, $1000 and under, older versions of current cameras

Whole cameras, $1000 and under, older cameras:

Whole cameras, $750 under:

Whole cameras, $600 and under:

Whole cameras, $500 and under:

Whole cameras, $400 and under:

Whole cameras, $300 and under:

 

645 Camera Overview

Choices

645 Overview

Pentax 645

Quality of the Lenses

Mamiya 645

Bronica ETRSi

Rollei 6000

Fuji GA645

Alpa 12WA

 

6x6 Format Camera Overview

Rollei SL66

Mamiya 6

Exacta 66

Kowa 6/66

Mamiya TLR

 

6x7 Format Cameras Overview

Cameras:

Pentax 67

Pentax 67 Astrophotography

Bronica GS1

Bronica GS1 Mirror Lockup

Mamiya RZ/RB

Lenses:

Mamiya 7

Plaubel 67/670

Fuji 67

Choices

 

Pentax 645N AF Overview

Camera

Lenses

Bad News

 

 Hasselblad Cameras:

Hasselblad Overview

Models:

Lenses and Accessories:

Cameras:

H'blad 2000/200 series:

H'blad Oddities

Lenses:

Body Differences:

H'blad 503cx:

H'blad 503cw:

H'blad 501c/m:

H'blad 500EL/M/X

H'blad SWC/M:

H'blad/Zeiss Lenses:

 F and FE Lenses:

 H'blad 2000 series:

H'blad 200 series:

Modes

Lens Compatibility

Dflash-40

Teleconverter 1.4XE

Accessories:

H'blad Backs

Light Leaks

CB and CFE Series Lenses

 

Rollei Cameras

Rollei 6008

Rollei 6003

Rollei 6008i

Rollei 6003 (versions)

Backs

Grey Market Warning

 
Bronica Cameras

ETR Introduced January, 1976

ETRC Introduced October 1977

ETRS Introduced January 1979

ETR-C Introduced January 1979

ETRS Modification, July 1982

ETRSi Introduced October 1989

Key Access Evolution

Compatibility Chart for Bronica SQ systems

SQ Introduced October 1980

SQ-A Introduced January 1982

SQ-Am Introduced January 1983

SQ-Ai Introduced October 1990

SQ-B Introduced February 1996

Batteries and Bronicas

The Circular Waste of Life:
A Primer on Buying Equipment

 
Reader's Additions and Responses Page

Editor's Intro and Thanks to Author

Reader's Updates, Addtl Facts, and Responses

Alpa Medium Format Camera Update [Feb 2000]

Danny Gonzalez Responds...

Otto Fajen reviews Mamiya Universal...

Craig Zeni reviews Koni Omega 6x7cm Rangefinders [6/2001]