. If you want your focus to be more on weight because you carry it around, get one of those little fidgety cameras and carry it everywhere.
tim in san jose
Did you just reduce a Rolleiflex to a "fidgety little camera"? Well now the optical quality from a Mamiya Cxxx won't compare to the little light weight Rollei. That said, I watched a documentary film on Paul Strand using one of those battle ax tank Mamiyas with the interchangeable mediocre optics in his old age to photograph the plants in his garden. Kind of made me want one.
Dennis
all in fun.
I know this threads been stagnant for a while, but just read something interesting in Ansel's "The Camera." It states that the viewing lens on TLR's do not have a diaphragm so previewing depth of field obviously is impossible.
Is this true on all TLR's?
No, the Mamiya 105mm DS has an adjustable diaphragm for depth preview.
I use one as my standard lens on the 330 instead of the 80mm.
I know this threads been stagnant for a while, but just read something interesting in Ansel's "The Camera." It states that the viewing lens on TLR's do not have a diaphragm so previewing depth of field obviously is impossible.
Is this true on all TLR's?
No, the Mamiya 105mm DS has an adjustable diaphragm for depth preview.
I use one as my standard lens on the 330 instead of the 80mm.
Is that all the 105mm for the Mamiya or is the 105 DS another version?
Is this a rare exception though? Is it true that most do not?
I know this threads been stagnant for a while, but just read something interesting in Ansel's "The Camera." It states that the viewing lens on TLR's do not have a diaphragm so previewing depth of field obviously is impossible.
Is this true on all TLR's?
If DOF preview is important to you, a TLR is probably not your machine. Go SLR.
I have never (extraordinarily seldom?) missed it, and love TLRs...but if this feature is a make-or-break for you, you're broken. And there are plenty of good 6x6 SLRs out there.
I found with my Mamiya TLRs that after using a lens for a while you develop a very good impression of the DOF you will get at each aperture, and if not there are DOF tables available for all the lenses online .If DOF preview is important to you, a TLR is probably not your machine. Go SLR.
I have never (extraordinarily seldom?) missed it, and love TLRs...but if this feature is a make-or-break for you, you're broken. And there are plenty of good 6x6 SLRs out there.
DOF is not just about from where to where things are sharp, but much more about how things look when they become less or more sharp when changing aperture. It changes the visual relation between different parts of you subject. It is a creative tool.
To make good use of that, there is no way round it: you do need to see what happens.
I found with my Mamiya TLRs that after using a lens for a while you develop a very good impression of the DOF you will get at each aperture, and if not there are DOF tables available for all the lenses online .
I would prefer a Rollei if all I ever used was a normal lens, and I never wanted to focus on objects closer than the minimum focusing distance of a Rollei.
DOF is not just about from where to where things are sharp, but much more about how things look when they become less or more sharp when changing aperture. It changes the visual relation between different parts of you subject. It is a creative tool.
To make good use of that, there is no way round it: you do need to see what happens.
The way around it is use your experience, imagination, your brain. After all, black and white looks different than color, none of my cameras show the image in b&W so one must process this to know what it will look like in B&W.
I fully agree - I know what my shots will look like based on the aperture I select. I never use DOF Preview in my SLR cameras - it is a time consuming step I do not need. Any experienced photog knows how the DOF will be rendered for a given aperture and focal lenght. DOF markings are easily used to visualize this.
But, if the OP likes DOF preview, then TLR's are a no-go for sure.
I fully agree - I know what my shots will look like based on the aperture I select. I never use DOF Preview in my SLR cameras - it is a time consuming step I do not need. Any experienced photog knows how the DOF will be rendered for a given aperture and focal lenght. DOF markings are easily used to visualize this.
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