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Thanks for the suggestion.
I looked into these a while back. There's some beautiful cameras from that era..
In the end I decided against going that route, the major reasons were
a) while being rather cheap cameras that age will most likely need a complete CLA at least
b) dim / old / small finders - if any at all
c) narrow range of shutter speeds & slow glass
salad-
Agree with all points. You've clearly done your homework...
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Wouldn't worry too much about the lens speed. The fastest on any of the Mamiya 7 lenses is f4, and 3.5 on the 75mm Mamiya 6. Aperture is different on medium format anyway.
That's what you're going to get on a hand held medium format rangefinder.
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Have you looked at the koni omega rapid or the mamiya universal?
Both are medium format rangefinders that are affordable and have good glass.
Rik_Van_Looy
Poetic
Föhn
What about a folding camera e.g. Zeiss Ikon?
They're a bit primative and lenses are a bit slow for handheld use in winter but the glass quality is decent and they're pretty cheap....
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