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I used a 300mm on a P67 10 years ago, got some lovely shots of owls and eagles. can recommend it without qualification.

I used Agfa Ultra50 in Venice last month, geez the color saturation is awesome and the grain is negligible, as you would expect. (I shot mostly 220 Velvia, wish I'd taken more Agfa along for those dull days when you want the colors to sock you in the eye). Can recommend it without qualification.

Suggest you take that square wheel and make it 3-sided---that way you will eliminate 1 bump. ;-)

I am selling my GSW690III, I normally use 5X7 format but bought this for a 3-week walking tour of Italy. It worked really well, the lens

is fantastic (comparison shots with Hassy/80mm Planar favored the Fuji, most likely because of much more usable area on 6X9 vs the cropped 6X6). Light but not tiny, the bubble level was nice to have to keep things level. If I were a real MF user and not just a sheet-film addict looking for an temporary travel camera, I'd have the GSW with the 65 and the GW690 with the 90mm, for less $$ than

any comparable MF SLR, or maybe the 645 equivalents. Changing film

so often is an argument for 220 film in a 645, also nice to have the

vertical format. But gee, 6X9 is a nice size negative!!

My little Bogen monopod was an absoulte necessity to keep things sharp--I tested with Delta 100 and the camera on my Zone 6 tripod, on the monopod, and hand-held at 1/250, 1/125, 1/60 and 1/30. Take a monopod. (Although I coild not take it into the Uffizi and the Vatican Museum)

 

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Actually, it's probably dumb of me to sell this thing, because I'll probably buy another one in a couple-three years when I go to Italy

again, and it'll be more $$.

 

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Thanks to those users who replied to my March letter to MFD about a travel camera---the folks who told me to use wide-angle were right on, even the 28mm equivalent was at times not wide enough. I think 50mm

would be OK on the 6X7 format, but 66mm on 6X9 did not get enough of the Duomo in Florence and the Baptistry doors. Plenty wide enough in Venice, the streets and canals are much wider there. Converging verticals were a pain in the $#&*, though, almost enough to make me think of taking something with a rising front, like a Horseman or 2X3 Graphic with a quality 47 or 56mm.

Snap it up in a heartbeat. If you don't like it or want something else, you will be able to recover 100% of your money, this is a very good system at a great price. The enlarger is a good deal too.