sharpness, contrast, flatness on portraiture works. fashion and advertisement photography will need such a lens.

no lens is perfect. since there is no such thing as a perfect lens/body/technical equipment. but maybe, there could be such a thing as a perfect photo??...

The first time i got my hands on this lens i was quite pessimistic about the lenses handling and performance. the Mamiya W versions of the RZ lenses stands for the newer type construction, all glasses are computer cut. Lens performance: handling +/- (quite heavy) Lens performance: sharpness +++ (cutting!! i can count the wimpers and hairs) Lens performance: color rendering ++ Lens performance: build quality +++ (built like a tank, 850 grams of iron/glass) some of the portraits on my website are made with this lens. copy and paste these links in your browsers addressbar: http://www.eftegarie.nl/photos/_new/maria/kodak400tmx3.jpg cheers sam www.eftegarie.nl

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Mamiya 65mm f/3.5 L-A, RZ Pro II bodies, the whole arsenal of Canon L USM lenses including the 85mm 1.2L, 35mm 1.4L and 135mm 2.0... the autoeverything Canon machines are great, but very different compared to any medium/largeformat camera. it's extreme comportability compared to extreme resolution.