A few years ago when i was only using Hasselblad H3d camera's i got a mamamiya ZD for testing from a frien. I shot a few hundred frames and came very quiqkky to the conclusion this was the worst camera ever made, probably the worst digital or even electronic device ever produced. It had a color cast from green to magenta, ugly colors, very poor DR,... in one word, it was worse as the original D1 from 1999.
Now, september 2010 i bought a ZD relatively cheap because it was an ideal camera to experiment with IR ( as the IRcut filter can be replaced within seconds for a IR filter). So i did some shooting and i must admid i really am surprised by it's great image quality. No color casts, great colors, great camera to use, in fact way better than any Mamiya645, Hasselblad H or contax solution.
This time i used CS5 rawconverter. Maybe that is the reason for the quality improvement or maybe i just must be the lucky guy who got the perfect ZD.
I wonder if there are still users of the ZD and if there still is a market for this camera.
Now, september 2010 i bought a ZD relatively cheap because it was an ideal camera to experiment with IR ( as the IRcut filter can be replaced within seconds for a IR filter). So i did some shooting and i must admid i really am surprised by it's great image quality. No color casts, great colors, great camera to use, in fact way better than any Mamiya645, Hasselblad H or contax solution.
This time i used CS5 rawconverter. Maybe that is the reason for the quality improvement or maybe i just must be the lucky guy who got the perfect ZD.
I wonder if there are still users of the ZD and if there still is a market for this camera.