On 3/6/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 6, 2007, at 9:18 AM, William Robb wrote: > > >> A couple of days ago I was about two seconds away from plunking down > >> the cash for a 645 and three lenses - 45, 75, and 150. Then I > >> started > >> thinking about landscape photography and the zone system. My > >> thoughts > >> (the horror) led me to consider the possibility of having 5 > >> interchangeable backs for N-2, N-1, N, N+1 and N+2. In an effort to > >> keep the expenditure about the same, plus a little more for the extra > >> backs, I'd be looking at a Mamiya M645-Super or a Bronica 6x6 or 645. > >> Anyone have any experience with these systems they could share? > >> What do you think about having the extra backs to accomodate zone > >> system exposure? Or am I smoking crack? > > > > Yer smoking crack. > > Buy a view camera. > > I'd have to agree with Bill on this. Carrying five interchangeable > backs with my Hasselblad 500 (and there's no substantive difference > in size or weight between the Hassy and the Pentax 645) would disable > me from ever getting out into the landscape to do photography...
I don't see how that would be any heavier than packing a view camera and 8 or 10 film holders along. Or were you implying that I'm smoking crack...... > Shoot on Ilford XP2 Super and bracket. Saves a huge amount of time > and effort, massive amount of weight to carry, and has so much more > latitude that you hardly need to bracket so much. Excellent grain and > acutance too. Drop them off for C41 processing, forget about all that > time in the darkroom swishing film around in chemistry... I like XP2. Good stuff. But I also enjoy the darkroom very much. I'll die with Dektol in my veins, thank you very much. <g> You're probably right, though. All those backs are most likely more extra weight than I'd enjoy carrying for more than a mile or so. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
