Hi All
PSS - thx for the explanation. I'll bear it in mind and check it out further.
Snook - I'm based in London, UK so I'm not sure that quoting any prices will be that helpful. IMO photo kit here tends to be either more expensive or the roughly same price as the US, rarely is it cheaper. I bought through Teamwork, an excellent dealer in central London, I would recommend to anyone. They have loaned me backs and lenses and been very co-operative at every stage. Of course this is what a dealer should do for something of this price - but still top grade service is a rarity nowadays.
The P30+ was quoted as 8 weeks delivery and it arrived one day early. I went with the Mamiya because in contrast to the H2, it 'felt right' for me. Just a personal thing. Helped by a promotion at the moment giving an extra discount on Mamiya lenses. If the Contax were still available new I would have bought that but I didn't fancy the possibility of endless buying and selling of second hand gear until I got the right combo.
Coming from a Canon 1Ds Mk2 I find the P30+ refreshingly simple to operate. Just the 4 buttons, the absolute minimum needed to get the job done. The screen is good, visible in what passes for daylight in the UK! For the kind of work I do I don't find shooting/buffer speed to be an issue.
I was very pleasantly surprised by the ISO performance. We all have different standards of rigour but for me anything up to 400 is fine, even 800 is usable rather than miss the shot altogether. 1600 has noticeable noise and is of limited use (IMHO).
On resolution I find it significantly better. There is detail where previously there was mush. But that would be expected. The biggest difference for me is hard to quantify. It is that the 'feel' of the shot is more 'film like' and less obviously digital. I really like it.
Apologies if I've bored anyone to death with all this.... Snook I hope this is what you wanted. Odd that your dealer can't commit to a delivery date. Teamwork just made a call to Denmark and it was done. I'll try to post some images next week if anyone is interested.
Regards
Olaf
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