Mamiya 7 ii controls manual#
Mamiya 7 ii controls series#

There are a couple rain drops on her forehead I didnРІР‚в„ўt touch out.Mamiya 7 II 6x7 Medium Format Rangefinder It was raining lightly РІР‚вЂњ that silky soft and warm hawaiian rain, so we moved into the palm fronds. Technical details about the photo: Kodak Portra 160, 1/60th probably, f8 probably. I think in the end thatРІР‚в„ўs perhaps the best camera, universally speaking, one that makes us more present, and you can define that very personally. You are significantly more present for the experience. The Mamiya 7 is such a perfect camera for a situation like this because you can work quickly in varied locations without having to rely on a tripod, and the breaks in film re-loading are very natural pauses for conversation with your subject, breathing, thinking, looking, analyzing, and simply sets a flow to the portrait sitting that snapping away on a dslr with strobes popping would not achieve.Р”Р„nother perk is that others canРІР‚в„ўt glance at a screen for review РІР‚вЂњ it makes the work a lot more interactive as you focus on communication with the talent and crew as opposed to everyone staring at a screen. There was no doubt in my mind that I was going to shoot the portrait on film. She had a very regal glow about her, very nice and confident aura. It was a commission for a magazine, as she had just won her 6th world title a few weeks prior. The portrait was made on the North Shore of Oahu, in Hawaii, a couple of years ago-a place I go back to everyone winter or so.

This is a photo of Stephanie Gilmore, 6-time World Surfing Champion. Portrait, travel, architecture, food, landscape, fashion, weird studio shit, weird flash shit РІР‚вЂњ I even shot a birding story with it once. And all you need is that 80mm f4 and you can shoot any picture in the world! Seriously. Leaf shutter for great flash sync and hand-holding slow speeds. I can predict the focus range and shoot quickly and silently.

Mamiya 7 ii controls manual#

The viewfinder is large, the focus precise, easy manual controls, and a large grip for the hand (why do they keep making cameras smaller?! Sorry, rant.) Battery lasts forever. I think what the Mamiya 7 does best is simply get out of the way. But I canРІР‚в„ўt believe the prices of used bodies these days (sadly, I reckon many of them will simply sit on the shelves of collectors, or cool kids, or cool kids who are collectors). They get a lot of mileage, and the Mamiya has certainly fared well for the volume of rolls. I should caveat the prior by saying that I use the camera bodies for work, but certainly donРІР‚в„ўt abuse them. The body is a bit cheaply made, IРІР‚в„ўve knocked bits of plastic off here and there, my viewfinder is a bit crooked now, but itРІР‚в„ўs still sharp. But the 7 is like sitting down at a pub and grabbing a good pint of Guinness РІР‚вЂњ you know exactly what that old friend is capable of and it feels great!Р”Р„nd it is not perfect. ThatРІР‚в„ўs not to say I use it exclusively, I love other film and digi camera bodies: The Pentax 67 shutter is an audible signal of a portrait being made the joy of the RZ67 waist level finder, ease of focus, the sharpness how a Leica m6 fits into any bag or pocket to come along with. Over the years, the one I keep going back to is the Mamiya 7, and perhaps thatРІР‚в„ўs clichР“В© in itself.

I certainly donРІР‚в„ўt think any particular one is perfect. You know, all the clichР“В© sayings about what is the best camera are true. This instalment features Vancouver-based photographer Kamil Bialous.

Mamiya 7 ii controls series#

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