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<p>Dillon Beach, CA.</p><div></div>

<p>Dillon Beach, CA.</p>

<p>Very good article Ellis. I was about to add that my old workhorse --- Oly E-1 has met my needs even enlarging prints to 24x30" with very good quality. I believe the limiting factors with IQ are techniques, lenses and post editing. If done correctly, Oly E-1 has created superb prints.</p>

<p>There are no professional labs in your area ? Not surprised these Costco/Walgreens are not processing films, but are all the professional labs in your area closed ? </p>

<p>nice find Ellis....thx</p>

<p>Interesting view. I have spent a considerable amount of time away from shooting film. I have used DSLR for the last few months. As I work my way through the digital darkroom, I converted a few images to b/w. Then I found myself adding grain to these images as the 'clean' b/w digital to my eyes just did not seem right. Well, I will start shooting images via film capture and bought a bunch of Tri-X and Plus-X to be developed in Rodinal to get that 'grain' back to the images.</p>

<p>The TLR and Olympus sound great. Always thought London is best captured in black and white....with grain and all.</p>

<p>Amanda, I shoot Raw 99% of the time. That 1% is when my card is near full. The image editing software has means of saving your basic adjustments. I will do this with the first few shots of a series. Once I am happy with it, I could save this 'adjustment' and apply to the rest of photos in a series. I then could tweaked every one of them if needed.</p>

<p>Dilip, your 3021 is more than enough. Check your tripod had though. A tripod head with a level would be ideal.</p>

<p>One Raw Converter and B/W software to look into is PBase's offering --- Capture One Pro 6. I find it a very good raw converter and b/w is a pretty good one.</p>

<p>Bob did you get it to work ? If not, attach your CF card reader with CF card mounted->Open Applications' folder->select Image Capture->will see your device on left panel->bottom of left panel is a 'up' symbol, click on that->will open up a window->will let you select which program you want to use.</p>

<p>Hope this helps.</p>

<p>Hiking for miles, then realized ooops, did not bring a spare battery.</p>

<p>Not surprised by price drop of RZ/RB cameras and accessories. By the sheer volume of RZ/RB camears that lots of pros are unloading ----- price has to drop. But not true with M7. Not considered as a system used by pros like the RZ/RB ---- so the number of M7's in the used market not as plentiful. I wanted to get the M7 50mm a few years back.....disappointingly --- the price had gone up considerably since.</p>

<p>I thought OP stated no rangefinder style...</p>

<p>Do not agree about Mamiya 7 price to drop after a couple of years. A couple of years back, I thought the price of M7 will drop, but looking at the new and used prices ----- seemed like the price actually is going up. Plus 2 years is a long time to wait....</p>

<p>I like the Mamiya 645AFD. Bulkier than rangefinders, but find the body with grip a good way to hold the camera steady. I usually place the camera at the palm of my left hand while using the right hand to grip the camera. I have 80mm and 35mm .... do not think it is too bulky.</p>

<p>Hello Clara. After a brief hiatus using film, I started using medium format again including Mamiya 7II. In fact I just picked up my slides yesterday....oh the joy of looking at slides on a light table. Back to the subject, I have used Mamiya 7II for head and shoulder portraits using the 150mm lens. As others have mentioned, the results could be quite stunning as the contrast and sharpness of the Mamiya 7II lenses are some of the best. I also own Mamiya RZ67II. Likewise I have used this for head and shoulder work. My lens of choice is the RB version 127mm. As true with Mamiya lenses, sharpness is of no concern.<br>

Pros and Cons --- Mamiya 7II with 150mm ---- when light is not plentiful, I sometimes have a tougher time focusing this lens. If it is with modeling lights, I could turn on modeling light to help me focus. <br>

RZ67II ---- weight of the camera is biggest setback. I almost always have to use a tripod using this outfit. BTW, really love the RZ67II rotating back as you could shoot vertical and horizontal by twisting the back.</p>

<p>Looking forward to seeing some of your work !!</p>

<p>Could you define what you consider large print ?</p>

<p>John, good choice. I have one since 2000.....that is one tank of a camera. My favorite lens is the 45mm.</p>

<p>When I replaced Mamiya 7II with a Duracell A544, which indicates that it is the equivalent of 4LR44, the camara ceased to function. As I was shooting with light snow falling, I thought I fried Mamiya's electronics.<br>

I was about to send the camera to Mamiya for repairs, I fortunately found a spare 4LR44 battery at home.<br>

Replaced the battery with this one ---- wala it worked.<br>

Just an fyi for folks using Mamiya cameras requiring 4LR44.</p>

<p>Digital technology has actually widened my perception of photography. There are lots of options to become creative with the available digital tools. This is not to say I have abandoned film all together. With digital, I have more tools to convey my imagination into images I could share with others.</p>

<p>Where would one send a Mamiya 7II for service ?</p>

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<p>Brooke, you might want to research Sony A850. Full frame camera, Image Stabilization built in (really works), great images to ISO 800 (anything higher might require some post processing). Just wanna throw this in for DSLR to consider.</p>