I used a Mamiya tlr for years shooting weddings and 90% of the time I used the sports viewfinder. Looking at a ground glass is not the only way to frame a shot. Just ask the old Leica users.
On Monday 23 December 2002 06:14 pm, Timothy Sherburne wrote: > Ummm, well, I've been working with the Yashica for some time now, and > I haven't had any trouble with the reversed image. I does take a > little experimentation at first, but I'm past that point. I don't > think the Mamiya is different in this regard, and the time I've spent > with a Mamiya in the shop, while hardly exhaustive, doesn't indicate > that it's a radical departure from the Yashica. The essentials are > the same. Neither camera lends itself to "action" shots, but I'm not > looking for that anyway. > > And there's always a prism viewfinder for those who can't get past > the reversed image: -- Ken Archer Canine Photography San Antonio, Texas "Business Is Going To The Dogs"