Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/02/26

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Subject: [Leica] Wow, are the Mamiya as cool as the HASSELbald?
From: red735i at earthlink.net (Frank Filippone)
Date: Tue Feb 26 11:07:40 2008
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There are differences... the Mamiya RB ( etc.) Bronica S series, Rollei SL66
and 6000 Series, some early Mamiya 645, Fuji 680, and  the Hasselblad are
somewhat direct competitors.  They are tripod mounted, studio cameras for
the most part.  When configured for eye level viewing, off hand, you would
need muscles like the Hulk to hold them up for any period of time.  Having
said that, a LOT of wedding photographers used them off hand.

The Mamiya 6 and 7 are eye level cameras.  Lighter by far, and more
ergonomic than a Hassy in eye level configuration.

Apples and Oranges.....

Lens wise, most Mamiya lenses are better than one would expect.   Better
than Zeiss?  Maybe.  But they are certainly top performers.

Frank Filippone
red735i@earthlink.net
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