Boris, You can hardly go wrong with P645 (although I wouldn't buy a FA75mm -- the manual focus ones are much cheaper). The *big* plus of P645 is that you can easily mount many 3rd party lenses made for pentacon6/kiev mount, inluding some very inexpensive Zeiss gems (and very expensive Zeiss gems from Hasselblad as well) The MLU is not really required with it since it has very good mirror dampening. It's *very* handholdable and the built-in meter helps a lot.
If you want a lighter option, go for a clean late model Rolleicord. At f/5.6 on, it easily outresolves 50lpmm on slide film. And it is very light. And inexpensive. I have no experience with 645 fujies, but their 690W is fantastic. But *very* bulky. Best, mishka On 11/18/05, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > I think it would be prudent to open a new thread... > > What I was thinking of is a camera with standard lens, preferably fixed > lens. I have eyed some Fuji models. I want something that is reasonably > light, with good quality and reasonable versatility... > > I think I can live with Pentax 645 and 75/2.8 lens... But I think I'd > want a MLU so that I won't have to haul a tripod with me *all the time* > if I go shooting MF... > > Well, in fact, except that wonderful day in Norway, I am completely > clueless about MF... > > I have a friend who is deeply in love with his RolleiFlex, but I may be > not good enough with mechanics to try and repeat his path... > > For now, on KEH, they show Pentax 645 (basic, manual focus) body for > order of $300 and FA 75/2.8 lens (supposedly I'd go AF some day) $250 > more... There are some RolleiFlexes for similar sum. They also list some > Fuji GA645 with 60/4 lens for similar money. > > As for what Frank suggested... I've seen some shots made with > YashicaMat... They did not impress me really. The lens was probably very > simple triplet variety. It was sharp but I am not after bleeding > sharpness... > > Well, I am confused all right. > > Any help in unconfusing this individual will be appreciated. > > Boris > > P.S. I lean towards Fuji cameras because I know they'll be much lighter > than Pentax. Also, evidently, having fixed lens means it is leaf shutter > and so it does not suffer from shake too much... > >
