Re: Interesting article: "36 Megapixels vs 6×7 Velvia" and 4 x 5
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koh303
That *might* be true, but how can you ever tell when anything is in focus when you cannot see through the lens? That is not optimal, i don't think.
Tell that to all the leica using journalists...
But everyone has a preference.
If you haven't used and perfected using a RF then you might have a hard time understanding. But it's actually really easy, I don't even have an issue with the 150mm on the Mamiya7 wide open shooting models, but I can't probably do journalism with that lens.
Anyway that's really not the point, if you're doing a test, you're shooting a still subject, so long as the coupled RF is calibrated properly, you're going to be getting accurate focus.
Re: Interesting article: "36 Megapixels vs 6×7 Velvia" and 4 x 5
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StoneNYC
Tell that to all the leica using journalists...
Perhaps you should and they will tell you what i can tell you after many years in the field doing spot news with a range finder, especially mamiya 6/7, and that is you are lucky when you get something in focus.
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StoneNYC
Anyway that's really not the point, if you're doing a test, you're shooting a still subject, so long as the coupled RF is calibrated properly, you're going to be getting accurate focus.
Well, like other things, this is just not true.
Re: Interesting article: "36 Megapixels vs 6×7 Velvia" and 4 x 5
Omer, some (heck, prior to digital - most) of the great documentary / photojournalistic photograph were taken on a Leica (and yes, some on Nikon and Canon). I have personally spoken to people like David Alan Harvey, Peter Turnley, Craig Semetko and Bruce Davidson, and they do love their Leica. These are legendary photographers.
In fact, for 50mm/35mm and wider, the rangefinder focuses much faster than SLR.
I have prints made from my XPanII (a RF pano) blown up to 52" wide. The focus is fine, as are my Leica and the Mamiya 7II (when I had it).
Re: Interesting article: "36 Megapixels vs 6×7 Velvia" and 4 x 5
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Ken Lee
Am I the only one who can't access the article? It doesn't load for me.
Re: Interesting article: "36 Megapixels vs 6×7 Velvia" and 4 x 5
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Am I the only one who can't access the article? It doesn't load for me.
Nope doesn't work for me either I'm going off of the second article posted.
Re: Interesting article: "36 Megapixels vs 6×7 Velvia" and 4 x 5
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richardman
Omer, some (heck, prior to digital - most) of the great documentary / photojournalistic photograph were taken on a Leica (and yes, some on Nikon and Canon). I have personally spoken to people like David Alan Harvey, Peter Turnley, Craig Semetko and Bruce Davidson, and they do love their Leica. These are legendary photographers.
In fact, for 50mm/35mm and wider, the rangefinder focuses much faster than SLR.
I have prints made from my XPanII (a RF pano) blown up to 52" wide. The focus is fine, as are my Leica and the Mamiya 7II (when I had it).
Indeed a leica 35/50mm is fast to focus, and easy t focus. A mamiya 7 80mm or longer is very slow to focus and next to impossible, even on the best of days, with a good calibrated RF. The only reason to use that camera is that is "light"er then other MF options of the same features. Even the 65/50 are hard to focus exactly, but are so wide that everything "aapears" to be in focus most of the time...
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Re: Interesting article: "36 Megapixels vs 6×7 Velvia" and 4 x 5
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koh303
Indeed a leica 35/50mm is fast to focus, and easy t focus. A mamiya 7 80mm or longer is very slow to focus and next to impossible, even on the best of days, with a good calibrated RF. The only reason to use that camera is that is "light"er then other MF options of the same features. Even the 65/50 are hard to focus exactly, but are so wide that everything "aapears" to be in focus most of the time...
Shot this on Provia100f doing a one legged squat balanced on a log with the Mamiya7 and 150mm lens... Wide open, perfectly focussed...
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Impossible? I think not...
Some people just don't have the skills to use a RF, it's not for everyone, but just because you're not good at it doesn't mean others aren't, you have to know your strengths and your limitations, you're a better businessman than I am, that's your strength.
Re: Interesting article: "36 Megapixels vs 6×7 Velvia" and 4 x 5
I don't have a Mamiya or Leica, but I do have two Fuji rangefinders, one wide and one with a "normal" lens for the format. I use them mainly on a tripod when traveling, and I'm not shooting fast action. In that situation, they aren't hard to focus at all. Sure, rangefinders can be out of calibration, but so can ground glasses or autofocus systems.
Re: Interesting article: "36 Megapixels vs 6×7 Velvia" and 4 x 5
I don't have a Mamiya 7II any more (it *might* be the only camera I would buy again, after selling one). Certainly, the RF is no Leica's. Since the lens are slow @F4, I never used it for "fast action." Anything that I can properly take time to focus, e.g. 2-3 seconds, I had never have problems with focusing accuracy, including the 150mm - but that one may just be lucky that my RF was perfectly calibrated.
Anyway, back to the OP, which I kinda forgot now XD - the Mamiya 7 negs are the best negs I have done, barring from 4x5. It really is spectacular.
Re: Interesting article: "36 Megapixels vs 6×7 Velvia" and 4 x 5
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StoneNYC
Shot this on Provia100f doing a one legged squat balanced on a log with the Mamiya7 and 150mm lens... Wide open, perfectly focussed...
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Impossible? I think not...
Some people just don't have the skills to use a RF, it's not for everyone, but just because you're not good at it doesn't mean others aren't, you have to know your strengths and your limitations, you're a better businessman than I am, that's your strength.
Since you dismissed my personal experience of large prints, allow me to dismiss your experience and focusing super powers.
This is a small file, but even so, it clear to see her face is not in focus, so i guess you aimed to have the moss in focus.