advantages of leaf shutter lens with contax 645?

[lowep]

What are the advantages of using a lens with leaf shutter compared to a lens with focal-plane shutter - apart from being able to synch flash at higher shutter speeds?

Would using a Hassleblad 100mm lens with leaf shutter and adapter ring on Contax 645 help reduce the amount of camera shake that I get when shooting with this camera on a tripod with MLU and cable release or not?

Would using same lens make it easier to shoot Contax 645 hand held at slower speed than shooting with lens with focal-plane shutter?

 

[SergeiR]

Focal plane shutter, even when dumped is a bit of a shock. Both handheld and on tripod.

There was somewhere very nice article on it, comparing 67 Pentax and Mamiya for landscape photography, and basically Mamiya with leaf shutter done way better.

 

[lance_schad]

The V-series to Contax adapters I am aware of (ie: MAM-1) utilize the focal plan shutter in the Contax and not the leaf shutter in the lens.

You also have to use Stop Down Metering.

Lance

 

[lowep]

there goes the neigborhood:banghead:

 

[gogopix]

there goes the neigborhood:banghead:

I wonder if using the shuuter relase on the Hassey lens, and using "B" on the body would work?

The trigger on phase backs trigger copal lenses, but I dont know if you can attach direct;ly to the hassey lenses.

I'm always game for workarounds\

regards
Victor