I should have written .."Mamiya 7II" There is no M or R in its name. I have
no familiarity with the 65mm Mamiya but do have with the 50mm / f4.5 . The
extra half stop of the 65 would not in my case over ride the extra width of
vision of the 50mm.
jh
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dawid Loubser" <dawid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 3:06 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] 120 film NOT digital
> Umm, misunderstanding? Are we talking about the Mamiya "M "7 II (not
> "R"7?)
> There is no R7 rangefinder. By all accounts, you have to be bloody
> good to
> illustrate the difference between the Fuji 65mm and the Mamiya 65mm
> lens.
>
> Mamiya 65mm is a stop faster (f/4) and about the same size / handling.
>
> The Fujis have a crap shutter as far as I understand, hence the
> prominent
> roll counter, after a certain number of which Fuji intended to then
> service
> (and replace, apparently) the shutter. I may be wrong, this is just
> passed-on
> knowledge.
>
> Dawid
>
>
> On 09 Jan 2012, at 2:54 AM, John Hudson wrote:
>
>> My R7II is not cumbersome and loud. It's not quite as dainty as my
>> M3 and
>> the M3 is not quite as dainty as my M5 but the M5 is somewhat
>> daintier than
>> the R7II. None of the three pieces is loud ! None of them could be
>> labelled
>> as wonderbricks !
>>
>> jh
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 8:49 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] 120 film NOT digital
>>
>>
>>> Image quality is comparable, but slightly different as the
>>> contrasting is
>>> unique. But the big difference is in handling. It's rangefinder vs
>>> SLR.
>>> Cumbersome and loud compared to quiet and handholdable.
>>>
>>> AG
>>>
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