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tikkathree
Joined: 19 Jun 2010 Posts: 755 Location: Lovely Suffolk in Great Britain
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Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:18 pm Post subject: Oh golly... out goes Mamiya 35mm kit, in comes OM3 or OM4 |
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tikkathree wrote:
Well I've got quite a number of Mamiya 35mm cameras - SLRs with lenses and Rangefinders. Some I use, some are wrapped and stored. One or two are no longer fully functional, maybe the selenium battery in the meter has gone, that kind of thing.
Last year I sold my Oly OM1, 2 and 4 bodies.
I miss them.
I miss them so much that I've now got another OM2.
I'm looking at the drawer of Mamiyas and find myself thinking that if I sold them all I could rationalise down to these few Oly OM bodies. They're light and compact, they're probably better cameras from a technical point of view.
Why am I telling you this? Well, I suppose I 'm starting to look for an OM3 or a 4 and one of you lovely people might just have the right kind of thing? _________________ I used to think digital was fun but then I discovered film, then I found old lenses and then, eventually I found rangefinders.
EOS 5DII, loadsalenses
Canon G9 IR conv,
MF: TLR, 645 and folders
35mm: Oly OM Pro bodies 1, 2, 3 and 4; Soviet RF kit |
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DigiChromeEd
Joined: 29 Dec 2009 Posts: 3460 Location: Northern Ireland
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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DigiChromeEd wrote:
I wish I could help you - having said that, if I had an OM3 and/or OM4 I don't think I could part with them! _________________ "I've got a Nikon camera, I like to take a photograph" - Paul Simon |
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Lloydy
Joined: 02 Sep 2009 Posts: 7793 Location: Ironbridge. UK.
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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Lloydy wrote:
I got an OM1 by accident, I bought a pile of Minolts stuff and the OM and a few lenses in with it. I'd never had an Olympus camera in over 40 years of photography, I was a Canon man and then Pentax. But the OM1 was such a revalation I wish I'd gone to the dark side years ago. _________________ LENSES & CAMERAS FOR SALE.....
I have loads of stuff that I have to get rid of, if you see me commenting about something I have got and you want one, ask me.
My Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/mudplugga/
My ipernity -
http://www.ipernity.com/home/294337 |
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Attila
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 57865 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 12:51 am Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
I had OM2n, nice , but I not found any special what grab my heart, same was Pentax MX and many others.I like simple RF cameras and medium format I use SLR only if I like to use ultra-wide angle lens like Konica UC 15mm. RF is small and handy, pocketable. Medium format has unbeatable IQ. _________________ -------------------------------
Items on sale on Ebay
Sony NEX-7 Carl Zeiss Planar 85mm f1.4, Minolta MD 35mm f1.8, Konica 135mm f2.5, Minolta MD 50mm f1.2, Minolta MD 250mm f5.6, Carl Zeiss Sonnar 180mm f2.8
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berraneck
Joined: 24 May 2009 Posts: 972 Location: prague, czech republic
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 12:54 am Post subject: |
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berraneck wrote:
OM-3 is a great camera, but there are only 2 reasons to prefer it over OM-4
1) you want fully mechanical camera with very advanced exposure metering AND collector value
2) you don´t mind paying 3x higher sum for it
Anyway, good luck with search;)
Attila wrote: |
Medium format has unbeatable IQ. |
erm.. what about large format? _________________ equipment doesn´t count, good photographs do |
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iangreenhalgh1
Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 15679
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:00 am Post subject: |
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iangreenhalgh1 wrote:
If you like the Mamiyas, no reason not to stick with them. Only issue is Mamiya bodies are awfully unreliable, it's very hard to find a working ZE or ZE-2 these days, I gave up trying to find a working one and sold all my Mamiya lenses, which was a shame as they are really excellent. _________________ I don't care who designed it, who made it or what country it comes from - I just enjoy using it! |
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Excalibur
Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 5017 Location: UK
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:35 am Post subject: |
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Excalibur wrote:
Get a T70 body for £10 and solve your GAS _________________ Canon A1, AV1, T70 & T90, EOS 300 and EOS300v, Chinon CE and CP-7M. Contax 139, Fuji STX-2, Konica Autoreflex TC, FS-1, FT-1, Minolta X-700, X-300, XD-11, SRT101b, Nikon EM, FM, F4, F90X, Olympus OM2, Pentax S3, Spotmatic, Pentax ME super, Praktica TL 5B, & BC1, , Ricoh KR10super, Yashica T5D, Bronica Etrs, Mamiya RB67 pro AND drum roll:- a Sony Nex 3
.........past gear Tele Rolleiflex and Rollei SL66.
Many lenses from good to excellent. |
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Attila
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 57865 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
berraneck wrote: |
OM-3 is a great camera, but there are only 2 reasons to prefer it over OM-4
1) you want fully mechanical camera with very advanced exposure metering AND collector value
2) you don´t mind paying 3x higher sum for it
Anyway, good luck with search;)
Attila wrote: |
Medium format has unbeatable IQ. |
erm.. what about large format? |
Unusable... with medium format you can walk, shoot , convince, with large format not. Scan is another thing, scan medium format and large format , publish them visible difference is little.Large format for time millioner only. _________________ -------------------------------
Items on sale on Ebay
Sony NEX-7 Carl Zeiss Planar 85mm f1.4, Minolta MD 35mm f1.8, Konica 135mm f2.5, Minolta MD 50mm f1.2, Minolta MD 250mm f5.6, Carl Zeiss Sonnar 180mm f2.8
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berraneck
Joined: 24 May 2009 Posts: 972 Location: prague, czech republic
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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berraneck wrote:
oh come on, you were talking about image quality, not easiness of use. and yes, of course there are large format cameras which are hand-holdable, for example Graflex. anyway, better to shoot 1 good photo than 1000 crap photos. _________________ equipment doesn´t count, good photographs do |
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Attila
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 57865 Location: Hungary
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
berraneck wrote: |
oh come on, you were talking about image quality, not easiness of use. and yes, of course there are large format cameras which are hand-holdable, for example Graflex. anyway, better to shoot 1 good photo than 1000 crap photos. |
Try both, MF and LF an decide, MF IQ is more than enough to me. _________________ -------------------------------
Items on sale on Ebay
Sony NEX-7 Carl Zeiss Planar 85mm f1.4, Minolta MD 35mm f1.8, Konica 135mm f2.5, Minolta MD 50mm f1.2, Minolta MD 250mm f5.6, Carl Zeiss Sonnar 180mm f2.8
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MTHall
Joined: 07 Nov 2012 Posts: 120 Location: England UK
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:27 am Post subject: |
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MTHall wrote:
That argument started over a century ago! Is it still rolling on? and don't forget the er, lively discussion? when Ernst Lietz kicked off with the 35mm format! Of course, we are now at the beginning of the digital vs film arguments as enthusiasts offer their opinions on the many topics involved in here.
Attila wrote: |
Medium format has unbeatable IQ. |
erm.. what about large format? [/quote] _________________ Martin.
I like all old cameras, specially ex-professional models, I prefer also, film to digital although I have and use several digital cameras. of the Nikon/Canon divide, I am a Nikon man. (I have three Nikon's, but only two Cannon's!). Manual focus are Mamiya 35mm & MF, Bronica ETRS, Praktica MTL50, Kinon X380, Kiev 4, Zorky 4 & etc |
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yinyangbt
Joined: 08 Oct 2010 Posts: 1973 Location: Romania
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:07 am Post subject: |
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yinyangbt wrote:
Excalibur wrote: |
Get a T70 body for £10 and solve your GAS |
It's surprisingly good and handy . _________________ Cheers , Teo
http://photo.net/photodb/member-photos?user_id=5778915 |
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Excalibur
Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 5017 Location: UK
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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Excalibur wrote:
yinyangbt wrote: |
Excalibur wrote: |
Get a T70 body for £10 and solve your GAS |
It's surprisingly good and handy . |
I think people forget that photography is also about taking photographs _________________ Canon A1, AV1, T70 & T90, EOS 300 and EOS300v, Chinon CE and CP-7M. Contax 139, Fuji STX-2, Konica Autoreflex TC, FS-1, FT-1, Minolta X-700, X-300, XD-11, SRT101b, Nikon EM, FM, F4, F90X, Olympus OM2, Pentax S3, Spotmatic, Pentax ME super, Praktica TL 5B, & BC1, , Ricoh KR10super, Yashica T5D, Bronica Etrs, Mamiya RB67 pro AND drum roll:- a Sony Nex 3
.........past gear Tele Rolleiflex and Rollei SL66.
Many lenses from good to excellent. |
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