nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
Ask and yea shall receive...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mamiya-Sekor-C-FISHEYE-ULD-24mm-f4-24-mm-f-4-Lens-M645-645-Excellen-Condition-/261090800639?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item3cca3973ff
I have no connection with this seller...I just saw it this morning...
Spanik
Well-known
Have you read that description?
Stopped reading right there.
meandihagee
Well-known
is there a big difference between a 45mm on 645 vs a 45mm on 6x7?
oftheherd
Veteran
Not as wide as some mentioned here already, but pretty wide nonetheless; 50mm on the Mamiya Press cameras.
BobYIL
Well-known
I use a 35/3.5 FA autofocus lens on my Pentax 645N. Probably the sharpest UWA in medium format.
x-ray
Veteran
I have a 47mm Super Angu;on XL that covers 4x5 so 6x12 is no problem. The 72mm Super Angulon XL covers 5x7 so 6x17 is no problem. both would allow movements.
Texsport
Well-known
Chris101
summicronia
I had the Mamiya 24mm f/4 for 645. It was a beautiful 180 degree corner to corner fisheye. And it was huge. I ended up giving it away because I just can't shoot right with something that big!
My very favorite 645 lens was the 35mm f/3.5. I measured exactly 90 degrees corner to corner - the same as a 21mm on 35mm film, or a 90 on 4x5. It wasn't too big, but it wasn't small. Extremely sharp, with a very snappy and cheerful color rendition. Cheap these days, but an arm and a leg back in the day.
My very favorite 645 lens was the 35mm f/3.5. I measured exactly 90 degrees corner to corner - the same as a 21mm on 35mm film, or a 90 on 4x5. It wasn't too big, but it wasn't small. Extremely sharp, with a very snappy and cheerful color rendition. Cheap these days, but an arm and a leg back in the day.
meandihagee
Well-known
Which of the Mamiya 645 takes this lens?
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Roger Hicks
Veteran
Very true, but watch out for the 47/8, which was FAR more variable. A friend of mine once returned 11 out of a dozen he ordered (he was building a series of WA cameras). Good 47/8s are very good; others... Go for the 47/5,6 every time.
Cheers,
R.
sevo
Fokutorendaburando
The 35mm and 24mm? As far as I know all of them. Positively all manual focus ones.
That said, while the 35mm is sharp and contrasty and does not vignette as badly as many other ultrawides, it is not quite distortion free.
Rob-F
Likes Leicas
There's a 43mm for the Mamiya 7. It is about equivalent to the 21mm in 135 format.
meandihagee
Well-known
Yep, but that setup is too freakin expensive. I need the lens for just one project. Something around 700-1000 USD would be all right.
So far the 45mm on Pentax 67 and the 35mm on the Mamiya qualify. I forgot to mention fish-eyes are not suitable for my project.
Any other hidden 645s or 6x7 that I don't know about...?
Big thanks to everyone.
thegman
Veteran
If it's just for one project, buy the 43mm and resell once you're done? You probably wouldn't lose anything. Or rent it?
Garry
Calzone
Gear Whore #1
The Pentax 45/4.0 is a great performer and the cost is a few hundred dollars. 82mm filters though. In 6x7 its about a 24 equiv.
Cal
walnuts
Member
I've heard some rumours of people using the 19mm or 17mm Canon tilt/shift lens on a 645. That would be awfully wide.
Roger Hicks
Veteran
I wondered if you would jump on this; it's your style. There is a pattern that has already emerged, but it's with you, not me.
No, he was a camera manufacturer (he's since sold the company). Among many other cameras, he made a series of 6x7 cm cameras with 47 SAs in a shift mount, so he needed to buy them in quite large quantities: a dozen at a time, in fact. Eleven out of twelve was his highest return rate, but I don't think he ever returned fewer than four or five out of twelve. I think he made between 50 and 100 cameras in that series: nearer 50 than 100. His test equipment was quite impressive.
How did Olympus/Zuiko get into it? I don't seem to recall anyone buying either bodies or lenses by the dozen, but I do remember several people being distinctly unimpressed by whichever cameras or lenses they did try when the cameras were introduced.
Finally, bear in mind that because I've been writing about photography for over 30 years, it is hardly surprising that I should have met more people than average who do/did, in fact, order cameras and lenses by the half-dozen or dozen. Many dealers, for a start. Manufacturers too. It would be more surprising if I hadn't met quite a number of such people. For example, when the Alpa was introduced, they ordered two batches of 38/4.5 Biogons, 25 to a batch as far as I recall. With no need to return any of them...
R.