I have the opportunity to pickup a dm33, mamiya 645df and 80mm LS lens for what I think is the low price of 6.5k usd. I was ready to jump on this until I read about problems with shutters jamming and the like. I used to shoot a hasty 500cm and got pretty handy unjamming those lenses with a flathead screwdriver but wanted to get some feedback on this. To complicate matters the kit was a former rental so I'm even more wary of it...
I'm mostly attracted to mf for the possibility of the 1600th sync speeds, and possibly picking up a tech cam in the future.
I started photography almost 10 years ago now on a Nikon f2, then switching to a hassy and later a sinar p2 and then a arca f metric. Earlier this year I sold off everything for a canon 5d2 with some nice lenses (24mm ts-e II, 85 L II)... I was/am attracted to a d800 setup for the great DR but less than satisfied with the nikon 24mm pc-e so am exploring other options.
I'm almost thinking of getting something like a gigapan pro and shooting not panos but using it to shoot the compositions i would normally do with a shift lens with either the mfdb or d800 setup, so that's how I plan replacing the ts-e. normally I would never use software corrected perspective tools because of the loss of resotion, but I feel this could be a nonissue stitching together 12/etc shots from either the dm33 or d800.
I should mention I just finished an architecture degree, something I got into through my photography, but I'm now that I work with buildings I also enjoy shooting humans more, hence the odd pairing of wanting high sync speeds with shifts.
I'm mostly attracted to mf for the possibility of the 1600th sync speeds, and possibly picking up a tech cam in the future.
I started photography almost 10 years ago now on a Nikon f2, then switching to a hassy and later a sinar p2 and then a arca f metric. Earlier this year I sold off everything for a canon 5d2 with some nice lenses (24mm ts-e II, 85 L II)... I was/am attracted to a d800 setup for the great DR but less than satisfied with the nikon 24mm pc-e so am exploring other options.
I'm almost thinking of getting something like a gigapan pro and shooting not panos but using it to shoot the compositions i would normally do with a shift lens with either the mfdb or d800 setup, so that's how I plan replacing the ts-e. normally I would never use software corrected perspective tools because of the loss of resotion, but I feel this could be a nonissue stitching together 12/etc shots from either the dm33 or d800.
I should mention I just finished an architecture degree, something I got into through my photography, but I'm now that I work with buildings I also enjoy shooting humans more, hence the odd pairing of wanting high sync speeds with shifts.