Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: Anders_HK on June 05, 2007, 11:26:03 am
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Here are some reviews of the Mamiya ZD;
Luminous Landscape;
- Mamiya ZD Late Review (MR) - http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/...s/zd-late.shtml (http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/zd-late.shtml)
- Mamiya ZD Review (Eduard de Kam) - http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/...zd-review.shtml (http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/zd-review.shtml)
- Mamiya ZD A 35mm-like Medium Format Camera (Efraín García and Rubén Osuna) - http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/...ZD_Second.shtml (http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/Mamiya_ZD_Second.shtml)
- Mamiya ZD Almost Here (Claus Possberg) - http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/...ya-zd-ist.shtml (http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/mamiya-zd-ist.shtml)
Jpdistribution - http://www.johnsons-photopia.co.uk/News%20...0Reviews_63.php (http://www.johnsons-photopia.co.uk/News%20and%20Reviews_63.php) (reprints from British Journal of Photography 31st May 2006 & Professional Photograher June 2006)
Pdnonline;
- Mamiya ZD: Hands-on with the most interesting digital ever (David Schloss) - http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/prodtech/revi...t_id=1000939357 (http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/prodtech/reviews/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000939357)
Popular Photography;
- Hands On Mamiya ZD (Michael J. McNamara) - http://www.popphoto.com/cameras/1469/hands-on-mamiya-zd.html (http://www.popphoto.com/cameras/1469/hands-on-mamiya-zd.html)
Lets Go Digital;
- Mamiya ZD First Look at Photokina 2004 - http://www.letsgodigital.org/html/events/P...miya/ZD_en.html (http://www.letsgodigital.org/html/events/PHOTOKINA-2004/news/mamiya/ZD_en.html)
Any others?
Of course a search also here on the forums give good user comments...
Regards
Anders
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Mamiya USA - http://www.mamiya.com/ (http://www.mamiya.com/)
Mamiya Japan (Eng) - http://www.mamiya-op.co.jp/home/camera/eng/ (http://www.mamiya-op.co.jp/home/camera/eng/)
Sellen, Hong Kong Agent - http://www.sellenhk.com/ (http://www.sellenhk.com/)
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ZD Back + 5D - http://www.doorhof.nl/blog/index.php?topic...msg3225#msg3225 (http://www.doorhof.nl/blog/index.php?topic=1123.msg3225#msg3225)
Japanese review (very good) - http://it.nikkei.co.jp/pc/column/dcreview....Tda063016022006 (http://it.nikkei.co.jp/pc/column/dcreview.aspx?n=MMITda063016022006)
->> or using Google; http://translate.google.com/translate?u=ht...Flanguage_tools (http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fit.nikkei.co.jp%2Fpc%2Fcolumn%2Fdcreview.aspx%3Fn%3DMMITda063016022006&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools)
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http://www.doorhof.nl/blog/index.php?topic=1162.0 (http://www.doorhof.nl/blog/index.php?topic=1162.0)
http://www.16-9.net/lens_tests/mamiya_zd/ (http://www.16-9.net/lens_tests/mamiya_zd/)
http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/560716 (http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/560716)
http://it.nikkei.co.jp/pc/column/dcreview....5003022006&cp=1 (http://it.nikkei.co.jp/pc/column/dcreview.aspx?n=MMITda065003022006&cp=1)
http://translate.google.com/translate?sour...022006%26cp%3d1 (http://translate.google.com/translate?sourceid=navclient&hl=en&u=http:/%2fit%2enikkei%2eco%2ejp%2fpc%2fcolumn%2fdcreview%2easpx%3fn%3dMMITda065003022006%26cp%3d1)
http://www.galerie-photo.com/mamiya-zd-canon-350d.html (http://www.galerie-photo.com/mamiya-zd-canon-350d.html)
http://translate.google.com/translate?sour...n%2d350d%2ehtml (http://translate.google.com/translate?sourceid=navclient&hl=en&u=http:/%2fwww%2egalerie%2dphoto%2ecom%2fmamiya%2dzd%2dcanon%2d350d%2ehtml)
http://computers.news.livedoor.com/series_detail?id=34681 (http://computers.news.livedoor.com/series_detail?id=34681)
http://translate.google.com/translate?sour...il%3fid%3d34681 (http://translate.google.com/translate?sourceid=navclient&hl=en&u=http:/%2fcomputers%2enews%2elivedoor%2ecom%2fseries%5fdetail%3fid%3d34681)
http://www.pixelmania.nl/artikel.aspx?rubr...title=Mamiya_ZD (http://www.pixelmania.nl/artikel.aspx?rubriekid=2&artikelid=128&title=Mamiya_ZD)
Use http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr (http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr) to translate.
http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/prodtech/revi...t_id=1000939357 (http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/prodtech/reviews/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000939357)
http://www.photofans.cn/article/article.php/4087 (http://www.photofans.cn/article/article.php/4087)
http://translate.google.com/translate?sour...le%2ephp%2f4087 (http://translate.google.com/translate?sourceid=navclient&hl=en&u=http:/%2fwww%2ephotofans%2ecn%2farticle%2farticle%2ephp%2f4087)
http://www.photocamel.com/forum/medium-lar...-645af-dii.html (http://www.photocamel.com/forum/medium-large-format-forum/26083-handsdown-review-zd-back-645af-dii.html)
.... and if you do thorough search you will find some of Frank Doorhof's images on Chinese threads, or was it Japanese I do not recall...
Any more links anyone?
Regards
Anders
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Thanks for posting Anders.
Afterwards one wonders what Mamiya was thinking, developing this camera next to the 645 AFD. Personally I don't see much more detail in this double size compared to 35mm. But there definitely is a difference with interpolated 35mm. You can actually see the Mamiya file wasn't interpolated. And somewhere it doesn't look like a well enlarged 35mm filmframe either. So, it's definitely different. And I'd say better in every aspect. Can see why medium format will be taking over HiRes photography, It's not just the amount of pixels, but there is really going on some more here.
Guess the reviews you have listed are way enough to judge wether the ZD system is someting for someone or not. Especially the Japanese review is very enlighting with the full res pics. Highly Appreciated!
Kind regards,
Bart
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When will the ZD back become available from dealers?
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Thanks for posting Anders. It will take some time to get through them all... Good job it's the weekend!