OP, GRHazelton's summary is well worth reading. I think he has summed up the 645N in a very readable way
I think the only point I would add is that the AF can be a little slow when attempting to take pics of kids between say toddling age and when they will at least stop for a second and listen to you.This is the perpetual and unpredictable motion ageMy experience of snapping a very lively granddaughter is limited but the AF often failed to keep up. The 645N will take great negs in this kind of shooting but just be prepared for a few focus failures in the way that might not happen with a F5 and AF lens
pentaxuser
Thinking of selling my Leica M2 and the voigtlander 40mm for a 645 medium format.
Does it have to be a SLR? If you want a lightweight camera with good lenses for landscape, the Mamiya 6 or 7 might be worth a try. Since you already have a Leica I assume you may like the rangefinder?
I had the Mamiya 645 camera too, but found two things I did not like: (1) film back has a tendency to become loose; and (2) lenses were made of cheap plastic.
Not really the case, some lenses are made of plastic, others are metal. There's not one part of my Pro TL package that fits the describtion "cheap plastic", and the 200mm 2.8 APO has a construction that could in no way be described as "cheap".
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