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lizknopeyesterday at 3:27 PM2 repliesview on HN

What is the quality like for these lenses? This says the system was discontinued in the 1970s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamiya_Press

I've seen a lot of Mamiya 645 and 67 systems but those were probably from the 1980's and 90's.


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iNerdiertoday at 8:51 AM

Good for the time but dated. When your negative is the big it doesn’t matter as much but it’s absolutely not as sharp as more modern constructions. It’s also arguably a step down to use his printed body versus the original Mamiya press in terms of functionality other than reduced weight. Still an impressive design though.

staticautomatictoday at 6:50 AM

I can't speak for the Mamiya Press but the Zeiss Planar 80mm f/2.8 for the Graflex XL is rad.