So, did you get the PRISM FINDER and the PISTOL GRIP, which in combination they turn the machine into an AK47 of medium format shooting?
You MUST buy them !!!
And how about buying your SECOND C330 body? You NEED a backup.
What about other Mamiyas? The RB67 might be the best medium format SLR system, and it has a lot of ACCESSORIES !!
You're feeding my GAS. You know that, don't you?
There was a post on the Robert Monaghan forum where a Mamiya TLR enthusiast (and, i think, author of books on the subject) claimed to have heard the Mamiya engineers tell him, directly, that "the chrome lenses were commercial formula lenses, computed for maximum resolution and contrast", while the black lenses "were recomputed to be less harsh at the request of wedding photographers, which were the main users of Mamiya TLRs at that time."
Paramender, Bert. Three versions to choose from. Gotta' have one for critical tripod work.
Ken
Paramender, Bert. Three versions to choose from. Gotta' have one for critical tripod work.
Ken
"You see, woman? It does perfectly make sense to have different types of the same lenses!!!! It's just like your shoes."
BTW: You're feeding my GAS. You know that, don't you?
Hah, got you there! I already bought a Mamiya RB67 with three lenses.
So I need another tripod as well
ONLY three lenses?
There are the wonderful 50mm, 65mm, 90mm, 127mm, 180mm, and 250mm lenses for a "starter" kit. So if you have three lenses, you MUST BUY three (3) more lenses.
And of course you perhaps don't have the prism finder. Or the metering chimney finder.
Or how about the wonderful Sports finder? YOU MUST BUY IT...
Of course you have a Polaroid back, right?
ONLY three lenses?
There are the wonderful 50mm, 65mm, 90mm, 127mm, 180mm, and 250mm lenses for a "starter" kit. So if you have three lenses, you MUST BUY three (3) more lenses.
I saw several very good images made with a RB67 and the 127 mm lens really stood out (to me). So it was on my watch list and now I found a decent one.
he 65 mm lens will follow sometimes too, I guess. The 250 mm probably not. I'm not a "tele guy" so there is (to me) no gap between 180 mm and 360 mm. And there is a good chance I might even sell the 360 mm lens.
Well done... Now you see that the Dark Force of the GAS is the nicest side of the Force.
(...)
Don't fool yourself. You know that you WANT the 250mm lens as well...
Interesting comments here on the chrome vs black lens characteristics. Very interesting to me as I have a C330 with a black 80mm lens and recently was given an 80 and 135mm set both in chrome. I'd figured on selling the 80mm chrome but now I'm thinking I need to go out and shoot some direct comparison shots and see whats what. Lots going on here at the moment so it might take me a while, but once done I'll post results here.
But seriously, I hardly ever use tele on my Nikon's or Leica cameras. I even have a beautiful Bronica 200 mm lens for the SQ system for several years now and didn't use it once. .
A 135 mm is tele enough for the 6x6 format, thank you. 28 - 55 mm is my favorite range in 135 format and once in a while a 85 mm lens.
If you bought a 55, forget the 65, they are too close in perspective to make any difference. I had both and preferred the 55, you can really get in close with it.
If you bought a 55, forget the 65, they are too close in perspective to make any difference. I had both and preferred the 55, you can really get in close with it. I would have liked to have had the 105 for my normal lens, I used my 135 for portraits and did a couple architectures with it, stunning performer(chrome).
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