eric_george2 Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 What companies are still manufacturing medium format? Is it down to Hasselblad and Holga? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bueh Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Rollei and Mamiya are still in the game. Alpa and several other specialist manufacturers, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvalois Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 I think Pentax are still in the game as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthuryeo Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Pentax just announced their digital 645 for the March 2007 PMA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik scanhancer Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Franke & Heidecke in Germany (http://www.franke-heidecke.net/) is about to bring out a brand new film & digital 6x6 camera this year: Rolleiflex Hy6. See these threads: http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00IErf http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00IF2D<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wigwam jones Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 http://www.mamiya.com/assets/pdfs/Mamiya_Cosmo_Digital.pdf "Mamiya Transfers Camera and Optical Division Elmsford, NY, April 24, 2006 ? Mamiya O/P has announced that it?s Optical Equipment Division, manufacturer of the leading medium format cameras and lenses will be transferred to a new company. The new company, Cosmo Digital Imaging Company, Ltd. was formed by Cosmos Scientific Systems, Inc., a leading company in IT technology." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_evans4 Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 "Cosmo Digital Imaging Company, Ltd" notwithstanding, Mamiya continues to sell MF film and digi equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wigwam jones Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Yes, they seem to have a lot of leftovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q.g._de_bakker Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 When will the HY6 be available? And what manufacturer's name will be on it?<br>It would be great to have at least one competitor still in the market. It will help speed the market along in the right direction (or vanish, depending on how they can stand up against the plethora of 'cheap' 35 mm based digital machines). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulrik Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Franke & Heidecke would deserve to stay in the market and I hope they do. These people in Braunschweig really care for their customers, at least that is the experience that I have made. I hope that the Rolleiflex (or Sinar or ...) Hy6 will help to create a market for affordable full frame 6x6 digital backs. Does anybody know if the Ukrainian Kiev cameras are still produced (I would not buy one but I have sympathy for these machines and even more for the technicians that are able to repair not only these but also Hasselblad 1000F/1600F cameras ;-) Ulrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul.droluk Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 We're still here... www.fotomancamera.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akira Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Arca-Swiss, Linhof, Horseman, Fujifilm, Sylvestri, Sinar, Kiev, Hubei, Seagull... still a bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bueh Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Which medium format camera is Fuji/Fujifilm still producing, Akira? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q.g._de_bakker Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 That's the trouble with MF.<br>Put a rollfilm casette behind a Deardorff 11x14" and it is a MF camera. ;-)<br><br>Arca Swiss, Linhof, Horseman, Sylverstri, Sinar, Fotoman, Alpa, Cambo, etc. none of these make the 'typical' SLR, TLR or rangefinder MF system camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victor4 Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 And don't forget about Gottschalt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NetR Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 FWIW some Kiev cameras and lenses are still in production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik scanhancer Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 "When will the HY6 be available? And what manufacturer's name will be on it?" Q.G., the Hy6 is slated to come out in May and the last thing I heard (which was two weeks ago) is that F&H is on schedual. The entire Hy6 design (both technical and cosmetical) is finished now and line production will start in April, provided that all special tooling will be available on time. Whoever's brand name will be on it, Franke & Heidecke will be the manufacturer. It looks like there will be at least a Rolleiflex and a Leaf version of it. Since Sinar is a distributor of Rolleiflex products now there is still a chance that there will be a Sinar version, especially since the Sinar takeover by Leica bounced and Sinar stock remained with Jenoptik. Jenoptik has been a driving force behind the Hy6 development. Actually I couldn't care much, as long as there will at least be a Rolleiflex version. Just for sentimental reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlkphoto Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 In addition to the 6000 series Rolleiflex SLR system, Franke & Heideke are now producing 3 different Rolleiflex TLR models! 80mm FX. 50mm FW. 135mm FT. http://www.franke-heidecke.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savagesax Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 That Rollei and the fotoman are fine looking cameras! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
q.g._de_bakker Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Erik,<br><br>What if the, say, Sinar version costs considerably less than the Rollei version...? ;-)<br><br>Heard any rumour about the amount of money these things will cost yet? I do hope they are priced a bit more realistically (benchmark being the 35 mm based competition), and thus can help bring the prices of the competition down too.<br>If not, i fear for the future of MF digital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akira Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Hi, Bueh, GX680III, IIIs and GX645AF (another version of Hassy H1D) are still on the company's website and I've found no announcement of discontinuation of any of them. Fuji even makes a dedicated digital back DBP for GX680. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik scanhancer Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 "What if the, say, Sinar version costs considerably less than the Rollei version...? ;-)" Q.G., Personally I hope Sinar will stay far away from selling the Hy6 under their name flag or I fear very high prices. F&H has told me their price was planned to be around that of the 6008AF body, which is not outrageously expensive IMO. Lots cheaper than the Hasselblad H cameras. F&H is very much aware of the danger coming from 35mm chipcams. It is their major concern and it is thus highly likely that they will price their system accordingly. Of course digibacks will cost as much as their respective producers decide to, but at least the platform carrying them is expected to be reasonably priced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bueh Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 <blockquote><i>GX680III, IIIs and GX645AF (another version of Hassy H1D) are still on the company's website and I've found no announcement of discontinuation of any of them.</i></blockquote> Interesting, I didn't know that. I thought the GX680 was looong discontinued. I couldn't find any information on these cameras on their international website, maybe they only offer them on the Japanese version. And that GX645AF sure sounds tempting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric_george2 Posted March 2, 2007 Author Share Posted March 2, 2007 The Fuji hasn't been available since 2004 in the USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akira Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 Maybe Fuji's medium format cameras are more or less only for Japan. The market for film cameras in the US seems to be shrinking much faster than in Japan. Although Hasselblad H series cameras and lenses are made in Japan, the Hassy version is updated to the third generation (H3D) while GX645AF seems to remain the first. Hsselblad appears to have already abandoned the compatibility of the system with older generations, so I doubt purchasing of GX645AF (used to be the equivalent of H1D) is worth bothering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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