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p.3 #15 · Mamiya ZD: First Impressions | |
A buffer is NEVER a problem, trust me.
It's how you USE your camera that's the problem.
The fault is often laid by the camera, while actually the fault is with the photographer.
Be real for one moment, you have 1.2fps for 11 frames.
Think 5 years back and even that was unthinkable for MF systems, and even 20 years ago there were still alot of good fashion photographers out there.
Same for the 5D.
Alot of people claim it's a bad sports cam, I use it for sports every weekend when I get the chance, It's all about knowing your equiptment and good timing.
On most soccer matches for example I use only bursts of maybe 4-5 frames max.
The ZD is a different beast from a DSLR.
You HAVE to adept, but it's not something that is difficult.
I did not have to change much in my workflow.
One more thing you mention the 5D with the buffer.
Although you are right that the 5D is faster, do you realise that the 5D files in the studio are arround 11-14MB max. The ZD files are all 36.5MB 
That's moving about 3x the ammount of data.
To be honest I expected more problems with the switch to MF.
I was very afraid of the Manual focussing of the 120mm Macro, but the viewfinder is so large it's a breeze (especially with the confirmation lights in the viewfinder, go left, go right, you got it 
There will always be nay sayers and there will always be people who will find the system bad, but that's for everything.
For me it's very simple, I want the absolute best quality I can get in the studio with an affordable price. And MF with the ZD is that solution.
I have had some debate over on another forum from someone who claimed the ZD was rubbish because it could only work till ISO400, he freaked when I told him that I would never use it above ISO100 and that ISO200 was still usable but only when I needed it.
I got a whole mail why he did not understand that I made the switch to such a rubbish toy camera.
I asked him if he shot in the studio, his answer was, sometimes.
I asked what ISO he used with flash, his response ISO100.
For me it was case closed, but he kept going on about the need to go higher than ISO400, I just stopped replying by mail.
Sometimes people don't want to see the differences.
Same goes for my own review, forums have been writen full about the rubbisch comparision because I used a Tamron lens instead of L glass, those people COMPLETLY missed the whole reason I posted it.
For me it was not the glass, it was the look of the MF system, the Dynamic Range, the missing AA filter thus REAL sharpness compared to artificial sharpness and 3D look.
Please remember that your camera is a tool, when you need to use a jackhammer don't try to do it with a screwdriver.
When you make the switch to MF DON'T SELL YOUR DSLR.
I still have my 5D with my lenses (although I sold my primes), I can't do all my work with the Mamiya. I CAN do all my work with the 5D (even billboards) but I for myself choose quality and that is the MF system.
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