Rod, How would you compare the resolution of the Pentax 67 and istD? With Velvia 100F, for example? I expect some such answer as; "there is no comparison". I recently sold a Mamiya 6 outfit largely due to problematic focusing (especially with the 150mm lens) and rangefinder inconveniences. When I did my job, the images were magnificent. I've often thought of owning a Pentax 67, and would like to read your personal thoughts on its performance and handling.
Thanks, Jack --- Rob Studdert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1 Mar 2006 at 21:01, Aaron Reynolds wrote: > > > Isn't that what they're doing now with these oddball pancake lenses > and > > such? Trying to sell on design concept rather than numbers? > > I think it's more that they are selling small and cute at the moment > to my mind > and listening to user comments on various forums, Cosina are selling > new age > retro: > > http://www.cameraquest.com/Voigt%20SL.htm > > >> > > But still -- I'm working on 600mb files of scenic Italy right now, > > generated by a Pentax 67 and Velvia 100F. Whenever I hear any > chatter > > about digital stuff and bigger files and more resolution, I just > think > > of what I can already produce here and shrug. Shooting digital is > > cheaper in terms of material consumption and quicker in terms of > > turnaround, and sometimes I need that. I certainly need it for > > baseball. > > I'm still running 67 (Mamiya 7II) and an LS-8000 so I know where you > are coming > from but having to deal with film give me the heebie jeebies, it > costs a > fortune for me to buy film and good processing and I so hate > scanning. > > > But getting even close to 67 is still so very far away at a level > that > > allows shooting from the hip in the way that you can with a 67. > > I've recently been shooting pano sequences using my *istD both on and > off > tripod and even off tripod a pretty sloppy quickly shot sequence of > images can > be flawlessly strung together to produce quite a large file size. > Granted it's > not a one frame capture but it's serving me for 2/3 of the types of > images that > were 67 only territory for me in days gone by. > > > It'll be a big test for me this weekend, as I'm going to go on a > little > > roadtrip and NOT bring my 67, just the DS2. We'll see if I regret > it. > > I do need to be more comfortable with it before April. > > Don't forget to shoot some sequences if you need a wider AOV or > higher res. If > shooting hand held just try to approximately pivot around the lens, > fix the > exposure and provide 30-50% overlap between frames. :-) > > Cheers, > > > 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 > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
