Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David, Rest assured that you will not be "lynched" on this forum. The Mamyia7 is a very fine camera. In some ways, it is a "big" Leica. However, it suffers from obvious physical limitations. Its normal lens is the 80mm lens with a 4.0 aperture. Therefore, it has all of the depth-of-field and speed limitations of a Leica lens of similar focal length. The Mamyia is also bigger and uses more expensive film. Yes, the Mamyia 7 has a place in this world, but it is not a Leica. Please read some of the pre-war Leica manuals. What has changed. Probably not much, except that we have more sensitive materials, which also exhibit superior definition and contrast. To be honest, I prefer the Mamyia 7 to the Pentax 67. It is lighter and more handy to use. I don't know how the Pentax lenses compare with Mamyia's, but they are probably both very good. Personally, I will not probably own a medium-format camera. If I have to go to a bigger format, it will probably be a 4-by-5 or 8-by-10. This will probably not occur any time soon. I am still learning how to use my Leicas. Best regards, Chris At 10:58 PM 10/31/96 GMT, you wrote: >> As you can see I would like to use the lighter weight Leica system >> and still achieve sharp gallery quality B&W prints close to what I >> get with the Pentax 67 system. I would be very appreciative if >> you would offer your thoughts to my questions. Best >> regards, > >At the risk of being lynched by the LUG, I would have thought that the Mamiya 7 system was >*designed* for you. > >Light weight, rangefinder, excellent lenses, and 6x7 format negs. > >David Morton | "The reason that Korean companies are >Technical Director | investing here is that wages in large >Speed Publications Ltd. | parts of the UK have fallen well below >dmorton@journalist.co.uk | Korea. Following years of economic >104707.2434@compuserve.com | failure, we can also boast a cowed and >Kilburn, London, England. | pliant workforce." (Simon Hoggart) > > >