The Travelling Bessa III project draws to an end.

Well it has been a long drawn out process, and the camera has crossed the country at least a dozen times and changed hands between 24 photographers in 6 states. Now it has finally arrived home to Mainlinephoto. I wonder how many frequent flyer points it has clocked up The Bessa has held up well [...]

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New Fuji wide angle medium format camera the GF670W. Will there be a Bessa III WIDE?

Well we are now getting the 2010 Photokina releases coming out. Though this one is a little unexpected I must admit. A wide angle 667 camera from Fuji.  It begs the question will we see a Voigtlander 667 wide shortly. Looks like we have a fixie here with a 55mm lens. This is very interesting [...]

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Bessa III Images of Sicily by Carla Drago.

Film director and photographer Carla Drago is currently working on a project in Sicily. She has sent us this postcard. Carla Writes: Thought you might like seeing some of the photos I took as part of my project in Sicily earlier in the year. It’s taken a while for me to process, scan, post process, [...]

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Travelling Bessa III report from Leigh Youdale…

The camera arrived well packed in it’s own little Pelican case from Mainline Photographics. Considering it has already been through the hands of the major part of the 20 or so participating photographers, each having it to use for two weeks, it’s in mint condition. It’s probably had more use in the last few months [...]

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The travelling Bessa III returns from Queensland.

Well the travelling Bessa III has been slowly winding it’s way around the country it seems most folks who use it don’t want to give it back! Recent participant Geoff Hopkinson sent us the following report. The travelling Bessa II finished her holiday in Brisbane a couple of weeks ago and then winged her way [...]

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Bessa III review by Ed Dale

Mainline Customer and recent Bessa III purchaser is so delighted with his camera that he has sent through this personal hands on review. Ed writes: Is this camera worth the expense?. Does it take a good photo? Does it work? Does it make sense? The Short Review – This camera is superb. But I suspect [...]

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Travelling Bessa III returns from it’s first tour

Phil Ramsden has just returned the Bessa III to us after spending a delightful 2 weeks wandering the Northern Beaches and city of Sydney in search of scenes to photograph. Phil checks out a scene accompanied by his faithful pal Vegemite. The Adventures of the Travelling Bessa III My it’s a long way from Tokyo [...]

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The Travelling Bessa III is on it’s way!

Our Travelling Bessa III has arrived and is now with it’s first participant. A happy Phil Ramsden picks up the camera!  While Rufus continues snoring… Our first delivery has sold out!  in fact we did not even get the quantity we ordered. Cosina are short of production  time and only produced 100 in this run.  [...]

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