Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]PMFJI but the Mamiya 210 f8 is designed for landscapes and has no rangefinder coupling (the Mamiya 7 RF would probably be inadequate anyway) it is not a portrait lens, in any useful way. The 150 is fantastic, but the close focussing is not for head shots. I have used the Mamiya 7 for years hiking, since IMO it is the best MF camera for landscapes. This year it was replaced by the M8 for hiking. Perhaps I won't use it again. Frank On 14 Nov, 2009, at 07:25, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> Of course I can shoot head shots, like this one: >> http://www.rfman.com/photos/614690617_hDgAJ-L-1.jpg >> >> This one: >> http://www.rfman.com/Events/Corset09/0905241359796/548174999_mTXvL-M-1.jpg >> >> This one: >> http://www.rfman.com/Weddings/SandraAndBrianWedding/L9991918/614690653_3yVG2-M >> -1.jpg >> >> etc. >> >> But you need to read what people write: B&W medium format film. >> >> And if you can take good head shots using an XPan or Mamiya 7II, I'll >> buy you a beer, may be even two bottles. >> > > > For the Mamiya 7II put a Telephoto 210mm f/8 in front of it. > Shoot head shots til the cows come home. > Then shoot theirs, crop out the bell. Not the ears. > Oh does it have to be a very ultra tight head shot? > Crop the huge neg a bit. Its why its huge. > > For the XPan you've got the 90mm f/4. > Its a dual format camera which sets to 34x36 just for this reason. > When you need a portrait not a landscape. > I've shot a million head shots with a 90mm lens on my Leica M's if there is > a big difference in the way this would work I'd like to know what it is. > > > > > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information