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Talk Mamiya 105-210/4.5 to me pretty please :)

ZoranC

New member
I do not have medium format camera but I am thinking about trying this lens on my D700 with adapter and have already tried Mamiya 120/4, 150/2.8 and 200/2.8 in this manner.

Can you please tell me more about this lens and how it performs compared to to ones I have experience with.
 

gsking

New member
Wow, so you think a manually focused, slower aperture zoom would be better on your D700 than the Nikon zooms and primes available? What's the motivation? Cost?

I'm curious because I just got a m645 adapter for my Sony, but the motivation was tilt-shift. I can't imagine I'd get better performance out of any of my Mamiya glass (except for maybe the 300 2.8) than my Minolta glass.

Greg
 

ZoranC

New member
Wow, so you think a manually focused, slower aperture zoom would be better on your D700 than the Nikon zooms and primes available? What's the motivation? Cost?
Motivation is hapiness with results I had from other Mamiya glass that I tried on my Nikon bodies.
 

gsking

New member
In what sense? Did you compare them to equivalent Nikon lenses? Was the IQ better, or just some "character" aspect of the lens?

For example, I compared the 58mm f/1.2 to the 50mm f/1.4 AF on my A700. The 1.2 isn't really useable at f/1.2 (with any repeatability, at least), so you're comparing a manually focused f/2 lens to an AF lens, and both end up being about the same sharpness. (On APS at least...FF I don't know).

But there's a slight "look" to the 1.2 that makes me keep it. Although, since the last one sold for $600, maybe I won't. ;)

Greg
 
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