05-25-2014, 07:35 PM
I think for portraits MF is perfect. I always liked the waistlevel viewfinder. When I put myself in front of it I never felt "shot" like a SLR was aiming at my face. It is something very different and the moments of two faces (my and the model's) not facing (=confronting) each other were part of a more relaxed atmosphere which helped me a lot to get better portraits.
Unfortunately this kind of viewfinder at the 645 is a pain for portrait orientation. After a while I got used better to it but always wished a 6×6 Hasselblad or Rollei for that reason. While a Mamiya RB/RZ67 was doing the same trick by rotating the film-holder, I found that thing a bit too monstrous.
Still, I won't go back to this cameras. I never got the same amount of details like I recently get with the "buggy" Merills. The quality is better than I ever saw from my Mamiya.
![[Image: _P3M0156-L.jpg]](http://sojujo.smugmug.com/Nature/Hike-to-Hasenmatt/i-FvDwfGL/0/L/_P3M0156-L.jpg)
Same picture in fullsize
Unfortunately this kind of viewfinder at the 645 is a pain for portrait orientation. After a while I got used better to it but always wished a 6×6 Hasselblad or Rollei for that reason. While a Mamiya RB/RZ67 was doing the same trick by rotating the film-holder, I found that thing a bit too monstrous.
Still, I won't go back to this cameras. I never got the same amount of details like I recently get with the "buggy" Merills. The quality is better than I ever saw from my Mamiya.
Same picture in fullsize