My preference for an all round lens with my Mamiya C220 is also the 80mm f/2.8. Wider, it'll be the 50mm and longer I would choose the 180mm. But it's really subjective. I mostly shoots portraits on the streets and for that the 80mm is great while also being able to include some of the surroundings.
The 80mm lens. End of discussion.
I would second the first answer to this thread. The 80mm F2.8 is fantastic. The Mamiyas are my workhorses since more than 50 years for B&W. Thus the coating isn't that important, any 80mm F2.8 would do. As I'm also into wide angles, I love the 55mm lens. Better than the 65mm in my opinion. The 80mm is even fine for portraits of people you're familiar with. For shy people I use the 180mm, a very good lens as well.
Was the old 80 2.8 really a 4 element?
After the years i've had reading all sorts of documentation on this system plus forums, i can tell you that i never ever saw any suggestion that there was a 4-element 80/2.8. I've seen one very early brochure where there was a 3-element lens, i can't remember if it was the 135/3.5.
Ulrik, your pictures in the other thread are fantastic. I thought they might be the 105 or even 135 before reading this. Do you crop very much?
https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/mamiya-c220-and-100-strangers-continuing.192814/
I'm curious which vintage of 80mm you use.
Thanks very much Mark. I don't crop unless I absolutely have to (like, cropping out some disturbing object I didn't notice), so I'll try my best to get the framing right. I use the blue dot 80mm lens, that is the only one I have tried of them. I think my dad bought the camera with that lens back in the 70ties. Though, I do have several of the other lens - couldn't help it when I really like this camera system
You do amazing things with the 80. I got a 135 a few years back thinking I would prefer that focal length for people but hardly use it.
I agree that Ulrik's work is great.
I think though that of the images linked to in his thread, only the first one might benefit from the longer focal length, due to how closely it is framed to the subject's face. That is "might", as in it would be interesting to try the alternative.
Otherwise, the 80mm is perfect for the environmental portraiture he does, particularly because of how well he clearly "sees" in that format.
The f3.7 with Copal shutter is an odd duck. It does not really fit in with the rest of the lenses, and I have never been sure why it was produced (budget version, parts availability, or some odd import/export restriction). As I recall, I have only corresponded with one person who had/used
The f3.7 with Copal shutter is an odd duck. It does not really fit in with the rest of the lenses, and I have never been sure why it was produced (budget version, parts availability, or some odd import/export restriction). As I recall, I have only corresponded with one person who had/used one.
I have the 80mm f3.7, I've taken some pretty nice photos with it (haven't worked up the funds to get the other version). Plenty sharp, gives an older-fashioned look suited to some subjects. Really good with b&w film!
I've settled on a 65mm and 135mm kit with my C330. The 65mm is a better "normal" lens for me, because I lean toward shorter focal lengths,
I loved my 65/3.5, in fact it when I started slowly selling away my Mamiya TLR gear, that was the last thing I sold. I held to that 65/3.5 until the very end.
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