Re: Mamiya
Elton N. Kaufmann - Cycloid Fathom Group (cycloid@cycloid-fathom.com)
Thu, 25 Dec 1997 16:32:34 -0600
One other thing occurred to me that I neglected to mention. A big
difference in price and a noticeable difference in flexibility come from
the lenses that accompany your medium format system. For example,
Hasselblad lenses generally have a built-in shutter. Normal Mamiya lenses
for the 645 do not. Mamiya does offer 55mm, 80mm, and 150mm
"lens-in-shutter" lenses, but they cost a lot. There is also an older
70mm lens-in-shutter lens for the 645 that must be recocked manually after
each exposure. (These are often found in used equipment sales.) When I
use my 645, it's this 70mm one that I use most for normal shooting. The
main advantage I can think of for the lens-in-shutter option is the ability
to synch a flash at any shutter speed. You can knock down the background
scene from noon-like to dusk-like and keep a foreground subject lit this
way. (I.e., you don't have to worry about focal plane shutter travel
clipping off your flash at one end of the frame.)
Good luck,
EltonK
At 04:01 AM 12/24/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello everyone!
> I am looking into buying a medium format camera. I have been looking
>into several diferent companies and I came acroos the Mamiya 645 pro series.
>Does any one have any experience with this camera? Or can anyone make any
>recomendations? Thank you in advance for any information you could provide me
>with!
>
>
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