Thank you all for your comments.
I started this topic because, although I listed the item on eBay around the price regular Flexbodies are selling for, my item did not sell even though it has more features. I found this puzzling and I thought I would try to find out why.
I wondered if there was some prejudice because my item has been modified or I am in New Zealand. However, no posters mentioned these factors.
It seems there is some misinformation out there and, in case potential buyers are reading, I respond as follows:
In reply to Selphick:
You make some good points but most of them also apply to the Fuji GX680III you recommend. In any event, you can attach digital backs to Flexbodies and the Fuji lenses are old also. The Fuji is a capable camera but it is very heavy and very bulky. I don’t think you would ever take the Fuji into the field or handhold it. The Fuji is built for a film format (6cm x 8cm), which is almost twice the area of a full frame sensor. So, it is overkill for digital photography outside the studio.
In reply to gdh and tcdeveau:
I think your comments about lack of resolving power of V lenses are untrue. V lenses were designed to cover the same area as full frame sensors and I have found them very good. I have used them with 17, 22, 33, 60, 80 and 100MP digital backs. The last two I used on an H2 with a converter but all the others have been used on Flexbodies with no issues.
When I had the 60MP sensor, I compared the results from the V lenses on the Flexbody and similar focal length large format lenses on a Linhof Techno. I was very surprised at their equivalent sharpness. The view camera lenses had bigger image circles and nicer contrast but sharpness was not an issue.
I can supply test images from a range of V lenses with my H2 and an IQ3 100 back.
In general:
The Liveview with CMOS backs and to a lesser extent with modern CCD backs makes Flexbodies a realistic option to take into the field and obtain the advantages of view cameras—the ability to change the plane of focus from the usual perpendicular to the lens axis, to any angle you want and to shift the area of capture (the image) up and down to avoid perspective distortion and to place the horizon and the image where you choose in the frame.
Lateral movements are useful because they often mean you can reframe your shot without having to rotate the camera or move your tripod.
With my Flexbody, you can do all this laterally (sideways) as well as vertically and you can do vertical and lateral movements at the same time.
I could go on but I won’t! I will now relist on eBay and elsewhere.
Thank you again.
Roger
PS If anyone wants a Flexbody with sideways as well as vertical movements, let me know!