Street Spheres
I think you can see what caught my eye in this part of Government Street one day. But it was only just now that I noticed the small cupola in the distance, on the roof of the Empress hotel. It fits well with all the other circles, ovals and round arches.
The picture below was taken for different reasons but of the same building that has the mural above, just around the corner on Humboldt Street. In the second picture I was playing with depth of field to see how the Mamiya works. It takes a bit of adapting my thinking for larger film because even though the 80mm lens has a field of view equivalent to a 50mm lens on a 135 film camera, it is still an 80mm lens. Thus the depth of field is compressed in the same way as when using an 80mm lens on a smaller film camera (or larger one). This takes a bit of mental adjustment, but does mean a shallower depth of field is achievable with this f2.8 lens than is possible with a 50mm/f2.8 lens used on a 35mm film camera.
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Mamiya M645 Super, 80mm/f2.8 lens, ISO400, Ilford Delta Pro 400 film.
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I really like the shapes in the first photo and the way they are distributed around the frame. Well seen. I suppose you can try to shoot a series of shots of the same subject at different f stops to see how depth of field is affected. I don’t know if the camera is capable of seeing the affect in the viewfinder. The old Rolli I used had a magnifying glass that flipped up in the viewfinder to aid in focus.
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Hi Ken. I think the trees seem a bit like bubbles with the buildings riding on top of them.
The camera has a lever on the lens that allows one to see the depth of field, or not. If you are familiar with the old pentax spotmatics, it is just the same as them. In fact, the camera functions just like a large manual high end SLR absent a lightmeter (though you can get a prism with a meter in it). In many ways it reminds me of the best Nikon SLRs, like the F or F2 which had interchangeable prisms, power winder capability, and so on.
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One might be able to afford the camera but they go broke on the accessories.
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Yes! I am resisting the 2nd hand market. Even the clips for a strap, which I don’t have, are unique and expensive.
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