ReyGay wrote:
No I haven't but I'm eyeing on a Mamiya 645 200mm APO and a Pentax 645 35mm. If they are cheap enough, I will consider it but these are big lenses and really not practical as a walk around lenses. They do render more lifelike images and tones/gradations.
true, its almost impossible to focus on an off centre object with my focus screen though. Here is a perfect example of focus > recompose > miss focus...
I looked it up, this Mamiya 645 80mm f/1.9 - very interesting indeed. But I have no way to confirm how it performs as no one here in NZ stocks them used. Let see if reviews are that good...
Here a few examples coming from the Mamiya 645 120mm f/4 Macro APO taken 2 days ago. The images technically requires no sharpening, this lens is stupidly sharp at any aperture. Reds and highlights are handled very well even on harsh lighting, which is a weakness on Nikon lenses. No photoshopping, raw files converted on Phase One Capture 7 but no adjustments:
Contax Planar 80mm f/2 is a portrait lens,this is the 1st time it goes for portraiture on APS-C/ Sigma SD1 Merrill.All at f/2, I cann't defy which is real F on 35mm scale, but sure the DOF is very thin.
They do render more lifelike images and tones/gradations.
