darek_fortas Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Things are simple: I was a boy whole year and I deserved a gift. I'm thinking about Mamyia RB67 pro II, I found one offer around 800 euros(I havent argoued about it yet, so it an be lower). The kit consists of one 120 back, body, waist level fous finder and lens.My question is:1) Would you choose 110 mm lens or rather 180, I dont have any detailed specifiations, but I'm gonna use the workhorse for indoor fine art , sometimes loation (no, no wedding, hah). I would like to have standard 80mm in kit but unfortunately... can someone enlight me in this matter. I saw 110 lenses on ffrodes.com, even though second handed they are deerer than 180... 2) Backs... there's 120 back, 6*7 mask there, I'm thinking if it would be possible to get back 6*6, someone may say that I can crop images on the later stage, but I dont want think about cropping while shooting, I just wanna have pure 6*6 3) Scanning... I have access to Hasselblad sacanner, it has 35mm neg holders, 6*4,5 , 6*6, I haven't seen in college 6*7 neg holder, is is possible to get someting like that. I'm writing that post to get rid of my ignorane reg mamyia, as everyone knows ignorance is a cause of the suffering, so don't let me seffer... thanks in advance for all answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotografz Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 1) 90 or 110 are normal fields of view for the RZ 2) buy a Hasselblad. 3) Yes, there is 6X7 Flextight film holders for the Imacon/Hasselblad scanners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpthurston Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 I think you might be paying top dollar (or?) for an RZ as here in the states they are getting cheaper even for excellent condition used equipment. Use KEH.com as your price bible in US$, or buy from them as they are very reputable and returnable. If you are using pound sterling you get a discount anyway as the all mighty dollar is a bit Bush-whipped. The best starter lens is the slightly longer than normal 127 and get the KL variant. Great optics and sharp. The 180 is a good portrait lens. I am not familiar with the 110. they make a 90 that is also "normal" based on the diagonal of the 6X7 neg size. 80 is normal for 6X6. Dont forget because the film plane and back can rotate orientation, the image circle thrown by the lens is actually greater than 7 X 7, to cover both horizontal and vertical. Restricting yourself to 6 X 6 wastes the purpose of this camera with its almost no crop to 8 X 10 format that 6 X 7 gives and less enlargement to get there and therefore sharper images. With easily replaceable focusing screens with grids, you can easily mark/mask off your desired 6 X 6 area. But why waste the big neg? Crop square while printing if need be. Hasselblad might offer a 6X7 carrier for the scanner, but probably not since they dont make a 6X7 camera. Epson makes carriers for their sanners all the way up to 4X5. I have used the RB and Hasselblad an prefer the Hasselblad's "compactness". The RZ/RB is a TANK by comparison, but has its unique qualities/advantages. Hope that helps any confusion with my two cents (or pence) worth. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanky Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 The RZ 110mm lens is the fastest in the line. f2.8 and it's also smaller and lighter then the 90mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_l3 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 of course they make a 6x7 carrier for imacon scanners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdrose Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Hasselblad isn't 6x7cm. You can find a better deal for the RZ67. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darek_fortas Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share Posted December 12, 2007 tkanks lads! You really helped me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthew_newhook Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 That's very expensive. There is the same camera in a local photography market for around 472 USD. I didn't look at what lens it came with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesp Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Hi Darek, I don't know if its ok to mention here, but I have an RZ Pro ll that I originally bought for product photos. I've completed that work and haven't used it for a few months. I also have a 645 and I really don't know need both, so if you're interested, drop me a line. I could take a close look, but I think the body, back, 110mm lens are in pretty mint condition. Its never been used roughly or outside. I really like the rotating film back; it makes composition on the tripod much easier. Its really a drag (for me) that well built film cameras have dipped so much in value. I still love the whole film workflow. I even enjoy the scanning and digital processing! Weird, I know. The RZ has been great by the way, for producing gorgeous 30" x 42" inkjet images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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