BEST LENES MAMIYARZ67

[STEVEP51]

PLEASE COULD ANYONE TELL ME THE BEST LENES FOR LANDSCAPES.AND GENARAL PHOTOGRAPH WITH MAMIYA RZ67 AND WHAT IS W /MLA/Z LENES..THANK YOU.

[Pasto]

I'm not sure what the designations mean. However, the "best" depends on your intended use of course. For me, sharpest is always the cirterion. The sharpest I ever tried is the 110mm for the RZ. I used it 95% of the time. For interiors and some landscapes, the 50mm ULD (not the Z version) was very good as well. I never owned any of the APO lenses so can't comment about them. It's a fine system camera.

[kbrede]

This doesn't answere your question, but I've found this chart to be of value.

http://www.visualgenomics.ca/sensenc..._RZ_lenses.htm

[Jeff Kubach]

I have th RB67 and I like the 50 for landscapes.

Jeff

[brucemuir]

thisn is from memory so bare with me

w=wide aperture cllck stops (easier to get ½stops on aperture ring)
MLA= designates a close focusing floating element design

N= i beleive means the newest iteration of that particular lens design

Matt, lol paging Matt

[EdSawyer]

They are all good, even the non-ULD, non-M/L-A versions. Really, no bad lenses in the system, in general.

[STEVEP51]

THANK you guys for the info ive not used the mamiya yet was just confused over the diffrent lenes .but now i no i will buy wide angal /110mm so thanks again guys. PS ive learnt so much from this site.stevep51

[brucemuir]

Steve,
The 110mm f/2.8 is a great lens but will give you roughly a normal angle of view on 6x7 so if you want a moderately wide look for the 50mm or 65 mm

[Old-N-Feeble]

Many years ago I owned an RB67 Pro-S with 37 fish, 50, 65, 90, 127, 140 macro, 180 and 250... nearly a full kit. These were all the single coated versions and most were superb performers. My 250 wasn't quite as sharp or high-contrast as I'd hoped but wasn't really bad. Maybe the 250 was a lemon. I've never used any other RB lenses. I often miss that big ol' machine. I never used that particular camera for landscapes but had I done so I would have carried the 50, 65, 90, 127 and 180... quite a heavy kit to haul. As I understand it, Mamiya RB/RZ lenses only got better over the years.

[MattKing]

thisn is from memory so bare with me

w=wide aperture cllck stops (easier to get ½stops on aperture ring)
MLA= designates a close focusing floating element design

N= i beleive means the newest iteration of that particular lens design

Matt, lol paging Matt

Sorry Bruce - the RZ stuff isn't my strength.

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