It's actually not too big. Fully folded out is roughly comparable to the D40x with the kit lens, perhaps heavier. Side note: 28mm/2.8 roxxor! And this was tweaked in bibble; was called back to the office so did the rest in a rush.
The lens on my baby is a 105/3.5 Carl Zeiss lens, with a Tessar formula. Woo! (Actually I'm not sure what that is. All I care is I got a CZ on the lens haha :))
The film back opened.... it's pretty spacious since it's designed for 6x9. There is also a cutout available for 6x6, but I didn't bother to acquire it. 6x9 is where I wanna be :)
I did not manage to take a picture, but the viewfinder has a metal mask built in to switch between 6x9 and 6x6. A very very nice feature. Unfortunately, the viewfinder SUCKS ROYALLY if you wear glasses (like me.) - I can barely see the edge of the 6x9. In actual practice, yes, it does suck. But very much sufficient to take pictures.
This is it collasped.... a very amazingly small package for a MF camera! Now this little bugger does not have a rangefinder, so focusing is by guestimation of the distance. So far in my tests, I'm just setting it to the hyperfocal distance mark, and setting the shutter speed to 1/125, and altering the exposure only through the aperture.
While this is not optimum, I personally feel that the 105mm lens will need much care to avoid handshake; a faster shutter speed will help that since I am not going to be tripoding this baby - cause its tripod mount is some wierd type! Given I'm shooting a far away targets only, I hope the hyperfocal marking will be sufficient. From my random test roll (below) - it seems to work well.
Ignoring the horrible white balance... should have used a flash :P Yes, that is how LARGE a 6x9 negative is! Lovely size ain't it? Unfortunately I do not have a loupe handy, so I can't really tell how blurry the images are. But with a naked eye. They are razor sharp. Most are only stopped down to F5.6 (overcast), so I'm actually very impressed by this.
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