At 06:16 PM 8/31/03, Richard F. Man wrote:
My main criteria are sharp pictures in hand held shooting in low light
wide apertures. I am happy with my decision. I just thought that you
should quantify why you want a MF before getting one.
An aside:
MF would not work well for this. The *fastest* MF lens that has ever been
made is the Sekor 80/1.9 for the Mamiya manual focus 645's and it's still
in production (same lens mount for decades). Everything else starts at
f/2.8 or slower. In addition, the lenses for 6x7 and 6x9 are slower than
the comparable ones for 645 and 6x6.
I've carried an M645 with prism finder around for hours at a time, both
with and without camera rotating flash bracket. It's bulky and a lot of
weight even without bracket and flash, and it's not nearly as agile for
quick shooting of candids. I do carry it occasionally, but realize I'm not
going to be able to work as quickly with it as I can with 35mm small
format, i.e. burn rate will be much lower.
-- John
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