Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have a Mamiya 7. I used it for landscapes when hiking. Fabulous. In 2005 we went to Iceland on holiday. I took the Mamiya 7, as usual, and my newish then Canon EOS 1Ds mk2. Sometimes (where I was not hiking) I shot with both, on a tripod. When the film was returned I scanned the shots which I liked on a Nikon Coolscan 8000. The Mamiya scans produced better prints than the Canon, but not by as much as I was expecting, I would attribute most of the difference to the lens, the 43mm Mamiya is -much- better than the Canon 16-35 zoom. I stopped shooting with the Mamiya altogether when I got the M8. Light for hiking, superlative WA lenses and digital rather than film. Superior in every way IME. Frank On 16 Aug, 2009, at 05:44, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> You can't think that way!!! A Mamiya 7II with 3 lens can be have for >> ~$2700 too. Which camera would you carry 90% of the time is the >> question! >> > > > The Mamiya 7 is a monster with the extra lenes its a nice sized > camera bag. > The so called Bessa III fits in a jacket pocket. > I'd put my money on that one being with you more than the Texas Leica > system. > The fact that you can pull something out of your pocket with that much > acreage is lots of power. A half assed scan from a 6x7 neg could > make a > large print which could blow away one from a capture from higher end > 24x36 > digital camera. > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information