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New growth from the old | KMZ Moskva 5 | Fomapan 100 (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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First tests with medium format, with the new-to-me soviet beauty. Finally got my hands to a economical flatbed capable of medium format, in this case an old canoscan 8000f. It doesn't have recent drivers, so my current workaround is a VM running Win 7 – might write SANE drivers for it at some point if it doesn't prove too difficult a task. Resolution is low (2400dpi) but enough for medium format since there's more to work with (I already have a dedicated machine for 135), and it's not like more recent flatbeds are much better in terms of real optical resolution. What these have got going for them is the price, got mine for 15 €.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Great scan.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thanks! Was pleasantly surprised how well this thing performs, especially for the price. It was probably this cheap mainly due to the poor driver support.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, some of the Soviet knock-off cams are pretty great. I have a few Kievs, this Moskva 5, and a Fed. Kind of hit or miss on certain models, but if well cared for, really hold up over time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Yep – planning to get a Fed 1 at some point as well, I tend to like shooting with rangefinders the most as they're so quick to focus. Maybe some more recent Zorki/Fed variant as well.