You must have missed my previous post, there is much more to be gained by using LF than just resolution. If that were the only advantage, LF would have died away years ago. It hasn't.
Yes, LF isnt very good for travel weeks at a time but either is MF SLRS. Both are way too bulky for that. That is where 35mm and digitals with zooms shines. BUT, regarding the LF film holders though, if you use readyloads you can shoot 100s of shots with only 1 holder and process the film later, months later if needed. Each sheet is in its own little lightweight envelope. Another HUGE advantage to shooting 4x5 I forgot to mention is the choice of lenses! Nearly every large format lens ever made by every company everywhere in the world can be used on nearly every 4x5 camera ever made via lensboards. The choices in 4x5 lenses, both new and used is mindboggling and they are generally LESS EXPENSIVE and lighter than the P67 lenses for equal, better, and incredible image quality. The reason they are lighter is you don't need heavy large metal barrels for every lens like you do with P67. One lightweight camera bellows takes care of them all. And besides being less weight and less cost EACH, you don't need as many either because you can crop more with 4x5 than with p67 so your lens focal length spacing does not need to be as close as with P67. You save more money and more weight by using less lenses for same or better quality. JCO -----Original Message----- From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 10:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Film vs Digita, was: lRe: Pentax is Dying? On 26 Jul 2004 at 22:05, J. C. O'Connell wrote: > Yes the film holders can get heavy and bulky if you carry dozens of > them, but I have never shot more than about 20 exposures on an outing > and that was all day. There is a way around it though, carry > readyloads or load film holders in field, I do neither. I usually just > carry what I have in mind for a shoot, sometimes as little > as 4 holders. This is the heart of it. If I'm packing photo-kit for a a few weeks or months away and I envisage encompassing long bush treks, plane trips and I'm not going to be able to process film on-location etc then there is no way in the world I would consider an LF kit over my MF set-up regardless of the absolute resolution. Would you? Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
