Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] 6x9/6x7/6x4.5 rangefinders
From: Isaac Crawford <isaac@visi.net>
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 17:39:13 -0400
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henry wrote:
> 
> > In any case,
> >tho I've read quite a bit in newsgroups and on the web about how
> >'great' the lenses are for all the above cameras, and particularly the
> >Mamiya lenses, I'm somewhat skeptical.
> Don't be. Mamiya 7 lenses are everything they are cracked up to be.
> If money is not important This would be my first pick. Second, the
> Bronica because of size. Third the Fujis, quite good and inexpensive.

	I've always heard that the Mamiya 7 lenses are blazingly sharp, but
what about the other characteristics? I'm interested in how the bokeh,
transition from focus to out of focus, and color perform on these
lenses. Are the first two less of a problem because the lenses are so
slow? Inquiring minds want to know...

Isaac
> 
> Henry

In reply to: Message from henry <henry@henryambrose.com> (RE: [Leica] 6x9/6x7/6x4.5 rangefinders)