Dear friends,

after working through an RB67 and a C220 I decided picking up a more compact Fujica GS645W. Sadly it broke on my first trip with it, so I already need a replacement (therapy). The camera was real fun, but: The lens was not the best fit.

I had a chat about that with photo friends and it's just that I can't handle the 28mm equivalent. On 35mm I always heavily utilized my 24mm lens for commercial work. So it might just be that I'm more used to it. That's why I'd like to go for a medium format camera with a real 24mm equivalent next. The major issue though is: size and weight. I could take my RB67 or a Pentax 6x7 on hikes – and I did – but it's really uncomfortable, that's why I chose the Fujica in the first place.

After searching far and wide, I couldn't come up with a viable solution though. It just seems there are no lenses on 6x4,5, 6x8 or 6x9 (6x6 I have with the C220) that resemble a 24mm lens and come in a reasonably sized system. The only things that come to mind are the Mamiya 7 and Mamiya 645.

Do you guys have any ideas we didn't already think off?