![]() ![]() There is very big leap from 35mm to 645, but there is perceptible difference comparing to bigger MF formats like 6×6, 6×7 and bigger. There are limitations and downsides as well. The lens is also sharp even wide open at f/1.9… well, you buy an f/1.9 for a medium format camera to shoot it at 1.9, right…? It even has close focus distance of 70cm! The focusing screens are good too with strong focus “snap”. ![]() The f/1.9 lens and the 645 1000s body combination gives one of brightest viewfinders in MF world and that means a lot. With the camera body having a shutter speed range from 1/1000s to 8s, and the max f/1.9 aperture in lens, you are ready to shoot in any situation. It is a professional grade body build like a tank, and has very similar controls to many 35mm SLRs. This is a set that I would recommend to any person coming from 35mm SLR to medium format. I bought 80mm F1.9 lens and Mamiya 645 1000S camera. The knowledge about this option meant to me that I had to do it. Having a long and intimate friendship with fast lenses in 35mm format, I wanted to have same low light and shallow depth of field possibilities in medium format. One of reasons to make the step was the discovery that extremely fast medium format lenses like Mamiya Sekor 80mm f/1.9 exist. I started out with a 35mm SLR’s and then after a while of fighting with urge to dip into medium format, I eventually gave up. ![]()
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