new owner of Bessa III

[Godfrey]

Sitting on my desk here are the unopened boxes holding a new Voigtländer 667 Bessa III, case and lens hood.

Shooting just two rolls of film with the Balda Baldix and Voigtländer Perkeo II folders brought back all the joy and passion I have had over the many years for 6x6 film photographs. So much so that I knew this was the right camera to have in my hands a good bit of the time.

Onwards into the adventure. :-)

[robbeiflex]

Cool, have fun with it! I think it is amazing that Fuji and Cosina make this camera, and it is on my wish list too.

Cheers,
Rob

[jbrubaker]

Hey Godfrey - We keep bumping into each other since the Minox days. I've been through m43, Leica, Pentax, and now the Fuji/Bessa 670. I just bought the GF670 a couple of weeks ago, and really enjoy the big neg quality. I just started posting the first couple of rolls on a new Zenfolio site at:

http:\\jbrubaker.zenfolio.com

I really don't know how to use zenfolio yet, so please excuse the way it's set up. best regards ---john.

[didjiman]

Originally Posted by Godfrey

Sitting on my desk here are the unopened boxes holding a new Voigtländer 667 Bessa III, case and lens hood.

Shooting just two rolls of film with the Balda Baldix and Voigtländer Perkeo II folders brought back all the joy and passion I have had over the many years for 6x6 film photographs. So much so that I knew this was the right camera to have in my hands a good bit of the time.

Onwards into the adventure. :-)

I like 6x6, but never "get" 6x7. I think my favorite ratios are either 6x6 square, 4/3 and then 612/617/X-Pan. 3/2 is OK but most of them is too long. 6x7 just rubs me the wrong way. Enjoy your new toy!

[ssmc]

If only they could close with a filter in place, I would love me one of these...

Congrats!
Scott

[thegman]

Very nice, I recently gave up trying to get a good value Bessa III (I'm in the UK, prices can be pretty high), and ordered a serviced Zeiss Super Ikonta III instead. I hope that'll fill the Bessa's prospective shoes, but it's a tall order, the GF670/Bessa III are awesome cameras, the best new film camera in years in my opinion.

[Godfrey]

Originally Posted by jbrubaker

Hey Godfrey - We keep bumping into each other since the Minox days. I've been through m43, Leica, Pentax, and now the Fuji/Bessa 670. I just bought the GF670 a couple of weeks ago, and really enjoy the big neg quality. I just started posting the first couple of rolls on a new Zenfolio site at:

http://jbrubaker.zenfolio.com

I really don't know how to use zenfolio yet, so please excuse the way it's set up. best regards ---john.

Hey John!

Nice work you've got there, regardless of the layout I ZenFolio.

I've loved the look of MF film work since I was in high school ... Processed my first roll through the Bessa III yesterday, the negs look wonderful. The Bessa's rangefinder gives it that edge over my Perkeo: I know *every* frame will be in sharp focus where I want it to be without guesswork. Of course the modern lens, electronically timed shutter, and accurate meter do their part too.

It's a return to an old direction as a new direction for me, I look forward to the adventure. Now to think about the Photography rather than the equipment—got enough of that and then some—because great Photography transcends equipment. :-)

Godfrey

[Godfrey]

Originally Posted by ssmc

If only they could close with a filter in place, I would love me one of these...

Congrats!
Scott

Thanks!

Just get the lens hood and mount your filter in that. Lens hood goes on and off in a half second, was really no problem at all using it yesterday as I walked about the car show. If I use different and no filter a lot, it will probably make sense to have a couple of lens hoods to allow for easy swapping in the field. Good news too: the lens hood filter holder takes 49mm vs 58mm filters, which means they're a bit less expensive.

(Note: the only filters for which this solution isn't so great are polarizers as it is virtually impossible to adjust a polarizer's orientation once it is fitted in the lens hood. Luckily, I use a polarizer pretty infrequently; I'm much more likely to need an ND, or a B&W filter (yellow, orange, red, green).

I've never used any folder that could be closed properly without resetting the lens to infinity and removing any filters. It's the price of a collapsing lens standard mechanism and carrying compactness.

[Godfrey]

Originally Posted by didjiman

I like 6x6, but never "get" 6x7. I think my favorite ratios are either 6x6 square, 4/3 and then 612/617/X-Pan. 3/2 is OK but most of them is too long. 6x7 just rubs me the wrong way. Enjoy your new toy!

Hey Richard!

Thanks!
I'll likely use it as 6x6 most of the time, but what's not to like about a 6x7 option? A little wider H FoV for when that's apropos—with this much negative to work with, I just crop to whatever alternative format I want. Just like working with the M9 where I can crop square or 16:9 and have plenty of pixels to work with.

G

[jsrockit]

Jealous!