> If you compare the 67II to the 645nII (both current models), aside > from the difference in negative, using a 67II is akin to using an LX > sans winder. You have TTL flash, spot, center weighted, matrix > metering, manual and AV modes. You wind the film yourself, set the DX > code yourself. It feels like a nice, big, older style camera. The > 645nII has AF, Program and TV, power winder, data imprinting, etc. It > is much more like a ZX-5n like camera. So, to me, it is a big > difference in style of handling and shooting. > > The 67II is more manual and the 645nII is more automatic and modern. > Personally, I think it is great of Pentax to not try and make the only > difference between the two be negative size. Before choosing a 67II > myself, I must have gone into the store 12 times handling and working > with both systems. I felt like in the end, that with the 645nII, I > would have a very hard time justifying 35mm at all and with the 67II > they were far more complementary systems. The big camera does some > things much better and the 35mm does some things much better than the > 67. With the automated 645nII, the lines between 35 & MF are much > more blurred.
Nice post, Bruce, thanks. Now does anybody have the new 75mm f/2.8 who can tell us what it's like and maybe point us to some example pictures online? I know Aaron got one, but he's not around. Say, what ever happened to Aaron? All right, 'fess up, did somebody chase him off? --Mike
