Hi all.
Apologies for the noob question. I have learned a lot from this forum over the last few months, but one thing still confuses me.
I'm going to be getting a MF system soon. I'm pretty much sold on an Alpa TC/P65+ combination for wide shots, but I also want to get another body for longer lens use, and also and for using to create very large (multi-gigapixel) panoramas when mounted on my Seitz VR Drive 2 robotic pano head.
For the second body, I'm very much driven primarily by lens choice/quality/price, rather than the body itself. For me, it's more a case of finding a good range of options for lenses, and then working out what body I need to stick between the P65+ and the lens in order to take the shot.
As such, I've been doing some searches on EBay for 645 lenses, but am thoroughly confused by what comes up. For example, if I do a search for Mamiya 645, there is a huge range of what appear to be remarkably good value for money lenses available. Theres a 300mm f/2.8 for example, which is cheap compared to my 300mm f/2.8 that I have for my Canon DSLRs. And it covers a 645 sensor? :O
I guess there are two parts to my question:
Firstly, how can I tell from the descriptions/model numbers which lenses would be suitable for the P65+ (i.e. the back won't out-resolve the lens); and
Secondly, which body options do I have to match up with which lenses?
One assumption that you can make is that auto-focus is pretty low on my priorities.
Thanks in advance for any advice and comments
Apologies for the noob question. I have learned a lot from this forum over the last few months, but one thing still confuses me.
I'm going to be getting a MF system soon. I'm pretty much sold on an Alpa TC/P65+ combination for wide shots, but I also want to get another body for longer lens use, and also and for using to create very large (multi-gigapixel) panoramas when mounted on my Seitz VR Drive 2 robotic pano head.
For the second body, I'm very much driven primarily by lens choice/quality/price, rather than the body itself. For me, it's more a case of finding a good range of options for lenses, and then working out what body I need to stick between the P65+ and the lens in order to take the shot.
As such, I've been doing some searches on EBay for 645 lenses, but am thoroughly confused by what comes up. For example, if I do a search for Mamiya 645, there is a huge range of what appear to be remarkably good value for money lenses available. Theres a 300mm f/2.8 for example, which is cheap compared to my 300mm f/2.8 that I have for my Canon DSLRs. And it covers a 645 sensor? :O
I guess there are two parts to my question:
Firstly, how can I tell from the descriptions/model numbers which lenses would be suitable for the P65+ (i.e. the back won't out-resolve the lens); and
Secondly, which body options do I have to match up with which lenses?
One assumption that you can make is that auto-focus is pretty low on my priorities.
Thanks in advance for any advice and comments