>>At 01:17 AM 9/24/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>>image66@xxxxxxx writes:
>>><< With my Mamiya 6x7, the swings and tilts allow me to use a larger
>>> lens opening to keep most of the subject in focus. Being able to use F11
>>> instead of F22 is an advantage sometimes...
>>> Ken N. >>
>>>
>>>Hi Ken,
>>>What model Mamiya 6x7 are you using that gives tilts and swings?
>>>Thanks,
>>>BW
>Yes, Denton, I'm quite predictable. The Mamiya is an ancient Super-23.
>With 100/3.5, 6x7 back, built-in bellows, ground glass back, and alumunim
>case, it set me back around $300. Takes very decent pictures and is great
>for handheld photography--except for the extreme weight.
>
>Delivery room greetings...
>
>Ken N.
Oh, that was a lovely camera! I had it with two 6x9 backs, ditto sheet film
holders, matte screen back, 150, 100 and 50 mm lenses. One fine winter
morning I did not notice that the night's snow had fallen over very slick
ice caused by supercooled rain. I turned a somersault and landed, camera
first, in a snowdrift -- but I distinctly heard the sound when the Mamiya
hit the ground. I crawled home (standing up was difficult) and surveyed
the camera with much misgiving. But when I had taken it apart, shoveled
out the snow and dried it with a hair drier, it was perfectly OK -- not a
scratch! It took wonderfully creamy, sharp pictures too. But toting it was
literally a pain in the back.
BTW, the Seiko shutter on the 100 mm lens was proven to be the most
accurate shutter I have ever had a test made on. The tech man did not
believe his eyes. It beat all electronic shutters!
Hälsningar/Regards
Lars Bergquist
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