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..yea I hear you, it takes a while to get used to, especially with a waist-level finder.
Frankly I did enjoy these types of cameras right from the start though.
Was living in a flat sharing community at the time where two people had (503cw) Hasselblads, another a Mamiya 645, and then the boss of one of the guys gave us his RB67 as he thought it's better we use it than the apertures get sticky from the thing just sitting around.
Long story short I think it's a good idea to just practice a lot (the framing of shots, the handling in general) - without film in it! I always loved doing that, just the sheer sound of those cameras firing was very satisfying, so I did that a lot, haha.
Have fun!
salad
Thank you! Snowdonia is a spectacular place.
Well first time using it..'look through wlvf, need to move left, no right wait that's right, tilt a little, no the other way, press shutter, doesn't work, check dark slide is out, check lock is off, try again, nothing, give camera a shake and recompose poorly, shutter goes off.
Times after initial learning curve, love it! I don't shoot a lot of black and white as I fear I'll miss out on shots that I think would look better in colour mid-roll. With the Bronica, just whip the back off and pop another on - ace! I think I bought it as a 'only for special occasions' camera but I've been wandering round town with it just using it for anything ha. Guess I better start looking at developing at home and saving some money..