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Has anyone used the Mamiya 80 1.9 with adapter on the Leica S?  It seems to be very compact and quite inexpensive.

I would appreciate any thoughts on this lens, and other Mamiya options.  

 

Thanks,

Rob

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I have three Mamiya lenses: 

 

50/4 shift, not got the sparkle of a Leica lens but can be useful

 

80/1.9 has a look more like a Mandler than the S lenses, not as sharp

 

300/2.8 nothing to match in Leica line-up, very good lens but harder to find these days.

 

I also recently bought the 645 bellows and adapted a 135mm Schneider Componen-S enlarging lens to it.  The 645 bellows have tilt/shift and I plan to use this set-up for close-ups where the 120/2.5 may not be the best choice....

 

john

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I have an 80/1.9, but I never use it. The 70/2.5 is so much better.

The 80 is quite soft wide open, and I find the bokeh busy and distracting compared to the Summarit-S. It's certainly not "magical" like, for instance, an old Planar 50/1.4 is on the SL.

 

I also have a Mamiya 35/2.8, which was bad enough to make me buy the Leica 35. It was OK stopped-down at mid distances, but that was it.

 

I do use the 200/2.8 APO, and matched doubler. Good lens. I rarely feel go to that long, but it's fully up to the task.

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I have an 80/1.9, but I never use it. The 70/2.5 is so much better.

The 80 is quite soft wide open, and I find the bokeh busy and distracting compared to the Summarit-S. It's certainly not "magical" like, for instance, an old Planar 50/1.4 is on the SL.

 

I also have a Mamiya 35/2.8, which was bad enough to make me buy the Leica 35. It was OK stopped-down at mid distances, but that was it.

 

I do use the 200/2.8 APO, and matched doubler. Good lens. I rarely feel go to that long, but it's fully up to the task.

 

Thanks for your thoughts.

Rob

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Hi Rob,

The Mamiya lenses I've used are surprisingly good, I tested a few against my Contax 645 Zeiss glass.  Generally the Mamiya glass is equal to Zeiss in sharpness, colors needed to be adjusted to look Zeiss-like, easily accomplished in post.  The Mamiya 200 Apo is not Leica S 180 Apo good, the price is cheap.  The 300 Apo has  a good reputation and I'm happy with my copy, somewhere between the 280/4R and 280/2.8R IQ, closer to the latter.    

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Has anyone used the Mamiya 80 1.9 with adapter on the Leica S?  It seems to be very compact and quite inexpensive.

I would appreciate any thoughts on this lens, and other Mamiya options.  

 

Thanks,

Rob

 

I like it, it gives a different look. Some examples:

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/photomatrix1000/14472050711/in/dateposted-public/

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/photomatrix1000/13821311514/in/dateposted-public/

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/photomatrix1000/11218130074/in/dateposted-public/

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/photomatrix1000/11108483446/in/dateposted-public/

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