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nobody@flickr.com (Slixtiesix) — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:36:32 -0700

Slixtiesix posted a reply:

Yes Fuji GA. Was available with different lenses, Zoom or wide angle. Rollei 6008 AF or Hy6 if you need 6x6.

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nobody@flickr.com (MARCO_POLO!) — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:49:27 -0700

MARCO_POLO! posted a reply:

+1

Fuji GA for travel would be a good bet if you can do 645.

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nobody@flickr.com (loose.tooth) — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:22:26 -0700

loose.tooth posted a reply:

I did not realise that the H system were 645.....

...... I just think that you get so much more choice if you drop the AF requirement.... I mean others might disagree with me but AF Medium Format cameras are pretty clunky with it anyway (more like 1990's 35mm AF lenses) and the autofocus lenses are absolutely massively expensive....

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nobody@flickr.com (jojonas~) — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:44:05 -0700

jojonas~ posted a reply:

if you're OK with 645 then there's the fuji GA line...

www.dantestella.com/technical/ga645.html

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nobody@flickr.com (trash-star) — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:41:59 -0700

trash-star posted a reply:

Yes the Leaf AFI and the other various versions of it :)

Seriously! Though maybe the Leaf branded kit would burst into flame if you mounted a film magazine onto it. IDK. The film version is the Rollei Hy6, which I guess is a little different from the 6008 AF. Regardless, that's still pretty rarified air.

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nobody@flickr.com (Carl-B Landscape photography) — Wed, 22 May 2013 03:53:13 -0700

Carl-B Landscape photography posted a reply:

trash-star:

Rollei 6008 AF

Yes the Leaf AFI and the other various versions of it :)

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nobody@flickr.com (trash-star) — Wed, 22 May 2013 03:33:47 -0700

trash-star posted a reply:

Is there even another 6x6 AF body? I think the Rollei 6008 AF is the only one.

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nobody@flickr.com (loose.tooth) — Wed, 22 May 2013 03:28:32 -0700

loose.tooth posted a reply:

Hmmm Rollei's are hardly compact...

I think that you have some fairly divergent requirements.... in the world of Medium Format cameras AF only really exists on cameras that I would not think of as "compact".... the Rollei, Hasselblad H System and the later Mamiya 645... I mean they are not the bulkiest, but they are not so compact either.

Also a truly compact camera will not have interchangeable lenses but you do not really mention this.....

I would, if I were you ditch the autofocus requirement and look to the folding cameras.... so the Voigtlander Bessa III/Fujica GF670.... the Plaubel Makina.

I mean another thing that you did not mention is budget.... the above cameras are 6x7 (although the Bessa/GF670 can be switched from 6x7 to 6x6) and are the best part of £1000. They are also all rangefinders (again you do not specify SLR/RF).

If budget is an issue then consider a vintage camera. Balda Super Baldax, Super Ikonta etc.... these can be gotten for £100-350 depending on age, use and which camera model. They can all be gotten in 6x6 and fit in the pocket.... then again they are not so different from your Moskva, so I am sure you have already thought of and discounted....

To answer the question as set (6x6, compact but not light, AF) it is the Hasselblad H system or the Rollei 6008 AF (the Mamiya gets chucked for being 645) but these cameras really stretch what I would think of as "compact".

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nobody@flickr.com (kuronakko) — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:51:39 -0700

kuronakko posted a reply:

Rollei Integral AF ?

Compact AF 6X6 Medium format camera - is there such a camera?

nobody@flickr.com (Busy Doctor) — Wed, 22 May 2013 00:49:36 -0700

Busy Doctor posted a new topic:

Hi!

I shoot Hasselblad 500CM 95% of the time and Moskva-5 RF 5%.
I am about to go on the road and I would like a MF camera that is compact, not neceserally light, but 6X6 and has AF. Is there such a camera?

Thanks!