Mamiya 645 Pro 150mm f/3.8 Leaf Shutter

Review Date
September 5, 2002

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Reviewed by
timquig , Professional , from West Palm Beach, Fl

Price Paid
$450.00 at ebay used

Photography Experience
11-20 years , People

Summary
If you want TTL fill flash..it's an absolute must have. I use mostly for weddings and modeling and it's a pro lens all the way. If possible, use it with power winder grip and shutter cocking cable for maximum ease of use. It's so sharp, I use a softening filter with models and brides to soften the image a tad. Don't want every blemish and pour to show. Highly recommended if you intend to make a living in medium format with people photography outdoors.

Strengths
well built, robust and meets or exceeds in image quality

Weaknesses
with the Pro TL body and the motor drive and a TTL prism, this lens adds more weight to your setup with the leaf-shutter in the lens..so fatigue can be a problem.

Similar Products Used
Mamiya 55-110mm zoom, 105-210 ULD zoom, 55mmL/S, 70mm L/S

Customer Service
The best. I've sent items back to Mamiya for overhauls and their turnaround for pros is second to none.

Review Date
July 17, 2001

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Reviewed by
Todd Walker , Expert , from Mobile, AL

Price Paid
$850.00 at KEH (used)

Photography Experience
2-5 years , People

Summary
Lens can be used in leaf shutter mode for high speed flash sync. or can disengage leaf shutter and use body shutter like on non-leaf lens for when high speed flash sync. is not needed.
Can be used with or without powerdrive.
The best Mamiya 645 lens for portraits!

Strengths
excellent optics, flash sync. up to 1/500 sec. Easy to focus with. Less expensive than Hasselblad or Rollei.

Weaknesses
Have to remember to recock leaf shutter on lens if not using power drive.

Similar Products Used
Bronica leaf shutter lenses.

Customer Service
not needed

Review Date
January 17, 2001

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1 votes

Reviewed by
M Nasser Djawas , Professional , from California, Orange County

Photography Experience
2-5 years , Other

Summary
High Quality Picture every time in Flash required situation.

Strengths
A must for Fashion photography.
1/500 Flash sync
Coupled with 50MZ 5 this thing outperform even on 2.8 model

Weaknesses
You need Power Drive Grip WG401 to operate Leaf-shutter.
Not much choice of flashgun.
but METZ deliver!

Similar Products Used
other Mamiya lens

Customer Service
dont need it yet.