Pentacon Six TL first film test

Recently I bought Pentacon Six TL, East German medium format SLR camera. It shoots in 6x6 format. The camera usually comes with a simple waist-level finder with a flip-up cover. Mine came with prism finder which adds significant bulk and weight to already massive camera. Lens is the standard Zeiss Jena Biometar 2.8/80.

I got this camera because many photographers used it in my country during the socialist period. I wanted to give it a try, to see whether I like to shoot with it. Quality wise it can deliver, no doubt about that. One thing I don't like is that the finder does not have 100% coverage, which makes exact composition impossible.

I had to test it at first to see if it works properly. So far so good. Below are some photos from the test roll. Shot on Fuji PRO 160NS, crappy scan by local minilab.

It is very nice camera as you can see on this photo by camerajunky (mine is in worse condition though):

Learn more about this interesting camera or see some great photographs by old school Slovak photographer Anton Podstraský (who used camera from the Pentacon family).

If you want to share your experience with Pentacon Six, just leave a comment below.