Confused about Phase One/Mamiya body and lens options

[Bill_Green]

Currently I'm using Hasselblad film bodies and love the way the lenses render but don't like the square very much.

Contax?

 

[jamie123]

It is very personal, but IMHO the SK LS lenses have better Bokeh than just about anything else you can mount, similar to the Hassy 100/2 FE and older Mamiya 80/1.9 manual lenses, and even better bokeh than the current crop of SK tech lenses. They are wonderful to use wide open.

That 80mm SK LS lens wide open is really something else. I don't know if it's just the way it works together with the IQ160 back but I would've loved to use this on film (as I cannot afford to buy the IQ160 unless I rob a few liquor stores).

 

[jamie123]

Contax?

I am considering it as it seems to be a nice system. It's quite a bit more expensive than the Mamiya 645 AF system. Was hoping to save a few bucks!