Mamiya RZ67 Pro II

Review Date
December 10, 2009

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
2.00 of 5, 1 votes

Reviewed by
Lukasz Kitlinski , Expert

Price Paid
$1200.00 at 1200

Photography Experience
6-10 years , People

Summary
Solid japan work .... perfect working ... lenses world class... fool recommended
I've Leica which is super quality but Mamiya RZ 67Pro II is a demon machine :).

LUCAS

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Review Date
July 10, 2006

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
4.20 of 5, 10 votes

Reviewed by
testshoot.com , Professional

Price Paid
$0.00

Photography Experience
11-20 years , People

Summary
I love this workhorse. After years of shooting everything on the market, I find it the only tool I need anymore. While people spout the virtues of digital, you are not going to beat the quality of a virtual drum across a 6x7 chrome in the near future.

I often shoot hand held for hours, sometimes with a profoto ringflash attached. see: http://testshoot.com/portals/0/images/personal/tim/ringflash.jpg

Strengths
-Bellows focusing means black stays black.

-Few glass elements, few elements means sharper images.

-Precision, precision, precision.

-Dropped from a 15 foot ladder and continued to shoot with it all day (though some teeth on the focusing rails stripped off)

-Partick Demarchelier gave me my first, and I never put it down.

-Pro fashion shooter's choice.

-Sturdier than if Volvo made tanks.

-No need for huge lots of lenses. 90mm and 180mm are all I ever need.

-You can blow out details while keeping subject sharp up close while a 35mm with 200mm lense you'd need to stand a block away to get the same effect.

-My biceps make the models salivate.

-Don't cut up your knuckles while using ringflash.

-Bellows lens shade allows use of inexpensive gels.

-Uniform barrel width of eiter 72mm or 77mm making filter purchases easy.

Weaknesses
-Some people complain about weight.

-Not gonna win any beauty contests.

-Often forget and accidently lock lense so shutter becomes a 'bulb' mode. "oops"

-Cross threaded lenses while mounting will require Herculean strength.

-Quality digital backs cost more than most people's cars.

-Not for light pocketbooks because you'll want to shoot a lot.

Similar Products Used
RB, Blad, Bronica, Rollei, 'Tax 67

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Review Date
March 16, 2005

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
4.50 of 5, 2 votes

Reviewed by
womble , Professional

Price Paid
$2000.00 at jacobs

Photography Experience
11-20 years , Outdoor

Summary
What is there left to say. This is a leviathon of a camera, Far too heavy to backpack with, needs a massive tripod, lenses are heavy; but I love this camera. It may kill me one day lifting my fully laden Lowepro, but thie camera is worh it. Fantastic results, awesome ability, rotating back, superb bellows, incredible close focus results, if only it weighed half as much!

Strengths
Built like tank, fantastic revolving back, quick change of backs, quick set-up, bellow focussing. Simply knicker wetting lenses.

Weaknesses
Weight, weight, weight. That said I would take it anywhere just to get those gorgeous trannies back form the lab.

Similar Products Used
None; i'm not that stupid. I own a Mamiya RZ67, why would I want anything else, except an Ebony 45.

Customer Service
Not needed

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Review Date
January 21, 2005

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Visitors rate this review
3.75 of 5, 4 votes

Reviewed by
lifanus , Professional

Price Paid
$1100.00 at Private Auction

Photography Experience
2-5 years , People

Summary
Offers exceptional performance with the drawback of the excessive weight. Extremly durable.

Strengths
Extremly durable,
Sharp optics,
1/2 exposure increacements in manual mode,
Presice AE Prism II finder in 1/6 increacements exposure.
Great accessories,
6x7 Revolving Back,
Mirror Lock Up,
T Shutter,
Leaf shutter, fast flash sync,
Bellow design,
Numerous safty lock fucntions & audiable alarm.

Durable construction although not good for outdoor weather conditions

Weaknesses
Heavy & Bulky
Not Weather Resistant
Use 6v silver oxide batteires somewhere is hard to get

Similar Products Used
Kiev 88cm, Hasselblad 500CM, Bronica

Customer Service
N/A

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Review Date
January 9, 2005

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Visitors rate this review
1.25 of 5, 4 votes

Reviewed by
metoliusdmm , Intermediate

Price Paid
$0.00 at n/a

Photography Experience
2-5 years , People

Summary
I love the camera, although i don't spend a lot of time using it i still love it. The studio i intern at uses these cameras and i know the photograpgher there loove them, it is an awesome camera for studio work, why else would a studio use it if it wasn't awesome

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