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Hi Folks,
Does anyone recall or have experience with the Preview or Preview II Contax Cameras which stopped production around 1986 ?
I myself am getting into more professional work and need a good polaroid system for my Aria and TLR. My alternatives are as follows:
1) Buy a used Contax Preview for about $600 and
use my existing MM lenses. The disadvantages
are that I only get a single shot per film
and that I have no TTL control for flash.
2) Buy a used 167MT and an NPC back, possibly
totalling around $1000. With this, you get
two shots per roll and can maintain all
AE modes plus TTL Flash ( assuming the TLA
360 works well with the 167MT )
3) Buy a use Nikon F3 with NPC Polaroid back.
This of course involves a new camera system.
Does anyone have experience with the Preview series or using Contax main bodies in this way ? or am I pushing 35mm into what a real interchangeable back medium Format system should be doing for me ?
Thanks,
Alan in Indianapolis
Does anyone recall or have experience with the Preview or Preview II Contax Cameras which stopped production around 1986 ?
I myself am getting into more professional work and need a good polaroid system for my Aria and TLR. My alternatives are as follows:
1) Buy a used Contax Preview for about $600 and
use my existing MM lenses. The disadvantages
are that I only get a single shot per film
and that I have no TTL control for flash.
2) Buy a used 167MT and an NPC back, possibly
totalling around $1000. With this, you get
two shots per roll and can maintain all
AE modes plus TTL Flash ( assuming the TLA
360 works well with the 167MT )
3) Buy a use Nikon F3 with NPC Polaroid back.
This of course involves a new camera system.
Does anyone have experience with the Preview series or using Contax main bodies in this way ? or am I pushing 35mm into what a real interchangeable back medium Format system should be doing for me ?
Thanks,
Alan in Indianapolis