Shel wrote: Having enjoyed my first foray into medium format, moving further along seems like a good idea. The Pentax 645 systems seem like a pretty good choice. Any comments on these cameras, lenses? A web site that describes features and accessories would be helpful.
I used a Mamiya 645 for a few weeks last year and, while the results were quite good, the cameras was a bear to lug around. I'm thinking that a Pentax would be smaller and lighter, yes? REPLY: The Pentax 645's are about the size of a high-end Nikon and Canon 35mm bodies which is small for an MF slr. In fact, you cannot find a smaller or lighter MF slr system. The original 645 can be seen as a Super A with motor drive built to a professional standard. The 645N and NII are more like an MZ-S for MF. If you want to go cheap, choose the old 645. However, the N and NII have added a number a useful features, like matrix and spot metering, better finder, data imprinting, mirror lock and pre-fire, AF, to warrant a higher price used and new. I recommend the 645NII over the N as the latter may show film flatness issues due to 16 frames a roll. P�l
