Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Several people hve been posting about the relative merits of the Mamiya > M7, the > various Fuji medium-format raangefinder cameras, and our own Leica M6. > First thought that occurs to me is this: why did Leica let Mamiya get > away with > calling its camera the M7? Won't this make life difficult for Leica when > they > want to replace the M6? ... and the Mamiya 6*6 is named M6 !!! > > Second, although I am tempted by the notion of a medium-format camera I > have > tried the M7 and found it to have a major flaw: the metering is separate > to the > viewing and taking systems. Thus it does not alter its angle of view > according > to the lens used: with the 43mm fisheye it is a virtual spotmeter, with > the 150m Indeed, it seems to be a really big problem I've never thought about it. > Also, I have used various MF cameras in the past and been disappointed > by lens > quality at large apertures - some, including a Mamiya C330 I once owned, > lose > illumination in the corners; others are just unsharp. Perhaps it's just > too > large a film area to cover without fall-off. In a great French photo magazine (Chasseur d'image) they have testing the M7 lens and these lens received a very good grade > Seems to me, if you want the ultimate in grain-free results 120 will > always have > the edge but if you prefer sharpness, 35mm may still be tops. Myself, I > like a > nice tight grain structure, provided the image is crisp and the tonality > is > right. For you, what is the difference between grain and sharpness ? All medium-format photos that i have seen, have the quality you describe. I love sharpness and crisp images. ------------------------------------- | Olivier Guillemain | | | | Responsable reseau | | e-mail: oguillemain@agora.fdn.fr | | | | Carpe diem | -------------------------------------