motorhead9999 Offline Upload & Sell: On
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Sorry for disappearing here folks.
I still haven't decided on this topic yet. Since this thread started, I discovered the Hasselblad 907x, which is (how shall I say this delicately) cheaper than other options out there, and (I feel) more reliable than getting a 14 year old digital back. Form factor wise, it appeals to me more than other Hassie digitals, and given that I think I'd need a limited set of lenses, might be doable.
Given comments on this thread, I actually somewhat seriously considered going medium format film. The fact that it's not "cropped" and makes more of a "difference" is appealing (as is the much more significantly less cost of entry). I think in the end though, I will pass on film (unless I ever find a Mamiya or Hasselblad at a garage sale). As one of the posters stated above, I don't mind shooting film in theory, and i don't mind working with the digital files you eventually get from them. I'm just far less happy about having to carry the film, travel with the film, make sure I don't screw up said film, and then the whole developing/scanning process (the latter of which, I was surprised to learn how not-simple it is). I certainly have no desire/intention to learn to develop it myself, nor make a darkroom. With that having been said I think I'm out of that game.
I saw that LensRentals has a 907x available to rent. That might be something I do. It'd cost me roughly 300 or so (plus the cost to rent whatever lenses I decide on).
As a tangent to this conversation, I won an award at an art show this past weekend (I was one of the top 8 artists at the show, and the only photographer to win an award, as the awards weren't in dedicated mediums). This was the first time I was ever in a juried show, and certainly gave me a lot more confidence/vindication that I'm not crazy that my work is good enough to legitimately be considering medium format.
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