The 180/4.5 is pretty nice, esp. considering it's a tessar. Dirt cheap, on
the ebay market too.
The 140 macro is great too. I have the RZ M/L-A version (with floating
element), just shot it a bunch this past couple weeks. Very nice lens, no
question. Great bokeh also.
All the RZ lenses seem to have great craftmaship from what I have seen.
I ended up getting the 140 M/L-A for about $59 in NM condition. It needed
repair of the floating element mechanism, which is why it was cheap. For a
few hours labor and $15 worth of parts (From Mamiya America Corp.), it was
good as new.
-Ed
On 7/15/11 6:16 AM, "olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
<olympus-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't have the Mamiya 180/4.5, but the 140/4.5 Macro I do have is
> spectacular beyond belief,
> I absolutely adore it:
>
>> http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/086/2/2/undergrowth_with_a_view_by_phi
>> losomatographer-d3cl9bc.jpg
> (Ilford HP5+ 6x7cm, 140mm @ f/4.5, RB67, 12x16in print on Ilford MG IV
> Multigrade Pearl paper)
>
> I actually had the superior, modern K/L version for a while, but I
> went back to using my old C-series one,
> it's smaller, lighter, better-built (all-metal, great craftsmanship),
> and I could not see any difference in
> my work.
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