Hi,

I have come to the conclusion that, if I was in in control of
designing the TL 120, it would have been a 6x4.5 format camera with
Fuji 45mm fl lenses. This is based on looking at some Fuji 45mm fl
camera shots that I reviewed recently, in my WA viewer. A lighter
camera, more sharp hots per roll of film. The only downside is that it
would have not fit in with the many Sputnik users.

Just my conclusion,

DON

On 6/27/2015 3:23 PM, Don Lopp dlopp@rainier-web.com
[MF3D-group] wrote:

> I have come to the conclusion that, if I was in in control of
> designing the TL 120, it would have been a 6x4.5 format camera with
> Fuji 45mm fl lenses.

Which Fuji lenses might you be looking at? Do they have any
inherent focusing provision?

The Mamiya 55mm lenses (from the C220/C330 TLR) on my
TL120-55 aren't bad, but are long out of production and have
no provision for focusing. They would need to be attached to
a movable board if focusing was wanted.


--
John Thurston
Juneau, Alaska

Hi John,

I was speaking of the past, like some ten+  years ago, as I did try twinning a pair of Fuji 6 x 4.5 cameras, which had 45mm lenses, they were 1 % diff in fl.  I tried two more cameras camera, but none of the 4 Fuji cameras came close to matching  fl , so I gave up on the project.  Have you noticed how sharp the MF slides of Mr steinman are, he shoots Cha Cha, with a Fuji 6 x 4.5, with 45mm lenses..  They looked  terrific in my WA  MF viewer. No it is just a dream- too ate now.  The Fuji camera pair weighed 3 pounds. They had a super accurate  bright line VF and had 4 element lenses based on the B&L Metrogon lens, widely used in WW II, copied from Carl Zeiss.  I consider the Mamiya 55mm  f/4.5 as being plenty sharp enough for 3D shooters. Some of my best Mt Rainier shots were made with the  Mamiyaf/4.5, 55, mm  (7 element) lenses.

Regards,

DON

 

On 6/27/2015 3:23 PM, Don Lopp dlopp@rainier-web.com
[MF3D-group] wrote:
> I have come to the conclusion that, if I was in in control of
> designing the TL 120, it would have been a 6x4.5 format camera with
> Fuji 45mm fl lenses.

Which Fuji lenses might you be looking at? Do they have any
inherent focusing provision?

The Mamiya 55mm lenses (from the C220/C330 TLR) on my
TL120-55 aren't bad, but are long out of production and have
no provision for focusing. They would need to be attached to
a movable board if focusing was wanted.

--
John Thurston
Juneau, Alaska