I can only agree with Mishka:
P645 has very good mirror dampening. I don't have a single unsharp frame
so far, because of slow shutter speed. Only because of missed focus or
DOF...
It holds VERY good.
Meter is accurate, so shoot with slides and expect correct exposures.
And it is built solid, with good ergonomics.
Better get 55mm lens or even 45mm. Wide angle is fantastic with SMC
coating and manual focus.
Gasha
Mishka wrote:
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...
