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How do I into medium format? Unfortunately my scanner does 35mm only, but my enlarger will cover up to 6x9 and I already have all the appropriate enlarging lenses and holders and stuff so I'm considering just going for it and doing only prints with no digital scans like it's 1990.
As far as formats, I think I want 6x6 because square format seems like a fun thing to try and it'll be a very different experience from shooting 3:2. Some 645 and 6x7 cameras seem very nice, but I'm less interested in those formats. 6x9 is also cool just because it's fuckoff huge (maybe I could even try contact printing it) and there's the cool Fuji rangefinders, but it's 3:2 just like 35mm and only 8 shots per roll sounds like a pain in the ass.
My only previous experience with MF is a Yashica-mat which I thought was a piece of shit camera and I know I definitely do not want a TLR. I do like the waistlevel finder though, and I'm not a fan of rangefinder focusing, so I think that I want a waistlevel SLR like a Hasselblad or Bronica SQ or RB67/RZ67.
What should I pick? Hasselblads are sexy and classic and supposedly the Zeiss lenses are great, but they're also pretty expensive for probably little benefit and they seem to be pretty delicate and high-maintenance. The Mamiya cameras seem too damn big and heavy to be portable and I don't want 6x7. The Bronica SQ cameras I guess are just budget Hasselblads, but a lot of people seem to like them and say they are very good.
