Luminous Landscape has a new review of the 22 Megapixel Mamiya ZD and writes, “Body differences aside, is the Phase One back and an AFDII body worth twelve thousands dollars (about US$10,000) more than the ZD? As a Phase One owners for the past several years (a P25, followed by a P45, and shortly a P45+) I would have to say no. If I owned Mamiya lenses, or had decided that a Mamiya medium format system was what I was after, I would be hard pressed to choose the AFDII and P25 over the ZD. Yes, the P25 is a superior digital imaging device, but its simply not that much better – as I say, if it were my money being spent.
As for the choice of a Mamiya ZD over something like a Canon 1Ds MKII (which I know is a question that I will be asked a thousand times in the days ahead), I have no simple answer. The Canon shoots much faster, has faster autofocus, a wider range of specialty lenses, etc, etc. As for image quality I have to give the nod to Canon at over ISO 200. But at ISO 50 and 100, the ZD definitely produces a visibly superior file, and of course a larger one.”
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