But it was visible to the experienced eye.
The difference was very small - I loaned comparison 16 x 16 prints to a local store and about 90% of the fairly sophisticated (as in: knew what a Leica and a Hasselblad were) customers to whom they showed the prints picked the M9 image as the "Hassy" image - or couldn't tell one way or the other. More so with man-made patterns like bricks and grilles than with landscape textures, perhaps. The film (or more accurately, the film plus a Zeiss Hassy 80mm or Biogon 38mm) didn't really record MORE detail, but it did record the same level of detail a bit more cleanly due to occasional little moire "events" becoming visible in the M9 images at that size/print resolution (240ppi). I love my M9, but I've done the tests, and high-res/low-grain 120 film (Tmax 100, Ektar 100) will still edge it out in 16 x 16 or 16 x 20 prints (depending on whether one starts with 6圆 or 6x7 format). However, the thought of sinking yet more $$$ into a digital body makes me cringe.but then what good is the Mamiya if it is sitting on the shelf! But the M9 is a much better beast for large prints, making it a much more formidable competitor against the Mamiya in this regard. I did this once before to fund a pair of M8s, and then a year later repurchased the Mamiya. But to fund a second M9 I would need to sell the Mamiya. Not to mention the reliability issue of any digital M (please, no kick-back on this statement having owned three digi Ms now I've had my fair share of QC issues). I could use a second M9 to cement my 75 Cron Asph to because it is a real nuisance switching lenses, especially on a sensor that has no self-cleaning mechanism. When I work with the M7's, I have a 28 Cron Asph on one body and a 50 Cron on the other. I like using a pair of Ms for street work for the versatility and speed. However, when I'm travelling, the Mamiya stays home and I take an M9 and M7 (although the last trip to Louisianna was with just a pair of M7s). I've had the 7II with 43/65 lens combination for several years now and use it on and off again for local projects. We are all aware of the stellar performance of the Mamiya 7 system. I'm at a crossroads here and could use some feedback.
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