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Re: [OM] OT: Why are the Mamiya Lenses so good?

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Why are the Mamiya Lenses so good?
From: Dawid Loubser <dawidl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:19:57 +0200
I don't think they had a poor reputation "in the day" - I think these  
were started
on internet forum postings, based on people using abused older  
equipment, etc.

I myself certainly need no convincing, I am (sometimes, for carefully  
made images)
getting clean 60 Megapixel scans from mine with technical image  
quality not approachable
with current DSLR systems. Even better, my scans look much worse than  
my optical
B&W prints, where it really shines.

I can recommend the beast to anybody wanting to step up from current  
smaller formats.
I personally go through phases, from where I almost exclusively use  
the Mamiya, to other
times when it's nothing but OM. Both are absolutely sweet.

People look at you funny when you walk around or go to a restaurant  
with an RB67
casually draped over your shoulder... :-)


On 22 Oct 2009, at 11:36 AM, Wayne Harridge wrote:

> If the RB lenses had a reputation for being poor why did so many  
> pros use
> them ?
>
> ...Wayne


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