As I recall, the C330 deals with parallax by having a needle enter the viewfinder field, cropping part of the field that would be cropped due to parallax. Not very sophisticated, but it worked.
Jeffery On Dec 8, 2010, at 10:25 AM, P N Stenquist wrote: > I had Mamiyaflex C2 and a C220. I always wanted the C330, which has some sort > of parallax correction, so the upper lens shows you the frame for the lower > lens. Shot with the TLR for many years and made quite a bit of money with it. > I used just the 80mm lens for most of that time, but later added the 250mm. > It takes a while to get used to seeing things reversed in the viewinder. That > was especially difficult shooting pans of race cars, because they came > through my viewfinder from the wrong end! But it was a great camera, and the > lenses were excellent for the time. > Paul > On Dec 8, 2010, at 5:19 AM, Thibouille wrote: > >> Got myself (not arrived yet) a Mamiya C330 TLR (with 80/2.8) for a >> couple reasons: >> >> * I want to do film >> * Medium format >> * 6x4,5 is bigger than 35mm but if going MF, just do it completely. >> 6x4,5 is somewhat small IMO >> * The challenge of using a TLR, waist level finder (although prism is >> available as well) >> * The challenge of square format, 6x6 >> * Interchangeable lenses on a TLR (quite rare) >> * Mechanical beast, easier to repair than electronic ones if it needs to. >> >> Now, I know Darren have one, he wrote so a couple weeks ago. >> Darren and others, what could you advise as for usage of such cameras? >> Like usage with or without tripod, what kind of subjects, 120 film handling >> etc. >> >> Thank you much. >> >> -- >> Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs >> ---------------------- >> Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, >> DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ ... >> Laptop: Macbook 13" Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 >> Programing: Delphi 2009 >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
