Question for the group. Is $2300 for a Mamiya 7 w/ 43mm and 150mm lenses a good deal? This price also includes the finder. Condition is said to be excellent.
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I don't see the sense in buying some outrageously priced camera like that. But it's your money. I tend to find if I've blown a wad on some fancy camera I tend to resent it and instead of enhancing my photography pastime, it ruins it.
I guess it's an okay price. Initially it seemed too high, but I suppose that the 43 and 7 together (assuming excellent condition) for for about 1K each these days. For a time there, about 18 months ago, the 7s were dipping down into the 650 range in BGN condition at KEH. It seems like prices went up again more recently. A 150 goes for about $300-350 used these days.
Do you not have or want the 80? It's the best of the 7 lenses, and truly remarkable in general.
I really lucked out on my 7 body, for which I paid $550 three years ago via private sale. I bought a 65 at the time to go with it, and that was about $650 from KEH. I still have that lens, but I mostly use an 80 now, also bought from KEH, in EX condition for $600 (what separated it from being new was a mystery to me).
I don't see the sense in buying some outrageously priced camera like that. But it's your money. I tend to find if I've blown a wad on some fancy camera I tend to resent it and instead of enhancing my photography pastime, it ruins it.
Do you know another way to get a 43-ish mm lens onto a 6 x 7 camera? I'm looking for an ultra wide angle lens set up and the Mamiya 7 seems to be the most reasonable. Are there other options equal in IQ but lower in price?
This is "outrageously priced"? Guess you haven't been shopping for pro level cameras and glass lately...
The sense in buying it is if it does what you want photographically and fits into your method of working. I'd toss in that it's some really beautiful gear as well. Not my cup of tea, but I sure can appreciate a Mamiya rangefinder and would love to spend a weekend with one.
I don't see the sense in buying some outrageously priced camera like that. But it's your money. I tend to find if I've blown a wad on some fancy camera I tend to resent it and instead of enhancing my photography pastime, it ruins it.
Do you know another way to get a 43-ish mm lens onto a 6 x 7 camera?
7 or 7II? big difference.
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I've never managed to like rangefinders in 35mm so I'm not sure I could in MF either, no matter how good the lenses were. Granted, I should probably give them more of a try than picking one up occasionally and forgetting to focus the "perfect looking except for the little spot" image for several frames then putting it down in frustration. Just too used to SLRs (and view camera ground glass) I guess.
What is a polarized rangefinder?
I honestly wouldn't mind a "rangefinder" it's basically an auto focus non SLR camera. I feel like the novelty of the mirror list part is so that you can get shots in lower levels of light then you would normally be able to capture without a tripod, I don't find the focusing with the Square to be difficult but I also don't find it to be useful, I don't really think it's necessary and with the advancements in technology I would love the option to have a lens that auto-focussed. Essentially like one of the newer digital mirror-less cameras.
Stone, I own a Fujufilm X100s. Yes, you have the option of auto or manual focus but manual focus is a pain (Read what Ken Rockwell says about it). The autofocus is so good though that I don't know why you would need manual focus.
The clear viewfinder is great and when I need to focus close I just flip a switch to convert to a through the lens digital view finder. By doing this you avoid parallax.
What I like about the camera is that it's small, light weight, produces great 8x10's or 11X14's, excellently balances fill flash with daylight and with the magical Fuji sensor produces perfect skin tones. I recently shot my granddaughter who is very light complected, her boyfriend who is a Native American, and their baby daughter who is mixed. The skin tones all came out beautiful!
If you are thinking about buying a mirrorless camera then google Zack Arias and Ken Rockwell for their reviews of the Fujifilm cameras. Of course you can pm me also.
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