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Equipment & Techniques => Medium Format / Film / Digital Backs – and Large Sensor Photography => Topic started by: Anders_HK on November 22, 2007, 07:57:28 am

Title: Large format digital lenses on Mamiya 645
Post by: Anders_HK on November 22, 2007, 07:57:28 am

Is it possible to use large format digital lenses for wides on Mamiya 645 mount?

Examples (if not Schneider, other brand?);
Schneider APO-DIGITAR 24/5.6 COPAL #0
Schneider APO-DIGITAR 35/5.6 COPAL #0

Is there any adapter?

Regards
Anders

Title: Large format digital lenses on Mamiya 645
Post by: Henry Goh on November 22, 2007, 07:59:08 am

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Is it possible to use large format digital lenses for wides on Mamiya 645 mount?

Examples (if not Schneider, other brand?);
Schneider APO-DIGITAR 24/5.6 COPAL #0
Schneider APO-DIGITAR 35/5.6 COPAL #0

Is there any adapter?

Regards
Anders
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Probably Yes if you use a technical camera and mount the back on the rear.

Title: Large format digital lenses on Mamiya 645
Post by: David WM on November 22, 2007, 08:32:27 am

Not exactly sure what you're asking, but,If you are meaning using a Mamiya body with the LF lens mounted to the body, you wouldn't be able to focus. With a 24mm lens the plane of focus at infinity is 24mm behind the lens, somewhere in the middle of the 645 body.
David

Title: Large format digital lenses on Mamiya 645
Post by: stefan marquardt on November 22, 2007, 11:39:34 am

If you want to use any of the very good rodenstock/schneider lenses then on the mamiya it´s upwards from about 90mm. to get focus on infinity the best would be a 100 or 105mm componon. with the 105 mm i can just focus on ininity - not sure if one can reach  infinity with the 90mm apo componon.  i use an old cheap rodenstock all the time with a zörk multifocusthing on the ZD and the 5D. the new apocomponons and rodagons are probably the best lenses you can get  and absolutely incredible for close-ups.


stefan