I started out with a Zenit E. Even before they were fitted with that crappy light meter. Reputedly made in a Russian Tractor factory. They could do you serious damage.If you want a genuinely indestructible camera, try a Zenit EM.
Drop one of those and the only thing you'll dent is the floor.
Your daughter sounds like a good person to know. A Roliflex??? Nice.
I once interviewed a professional photographer called Tim Page who said the great thing about Nikons was if you found yourself among people who meant you harm you could whirl them round like a conker and use them as a genuinely fearsome weapon, then take pictures, and they never missed a beat.
I've still got one
Dad had a Yashica that did that, it used 'slide'film as you couldn't easily get 'half frame' printed
That name sounds familiar! In the days when photography was a hideously expensive pastime, controlled by a monopoly, that camera was a godsend. I still can't quite my head around the idea that digital cameras make photography effectively cost-free in use. I went on a solo trip overland trip to Nepal and back in 1973...….and took just 36 photos. They were mainly rubbish BTW.
I used to have a Semflex, a french competitor. It was a twin lens reflex with 120 film.
They were, weren't they?
When I worked in a camera shop with a good secondhand dept I would borrow stuff to try out. The Fuji 645 was a lightweight pro grade medium format range finder camera with a cracking lens. It doesn't surprise me that Fuji digital cameras are so highly rated.
