On Mar 6, 2007, at 10:24 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: > 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......
lol Note that when I tried out 4x5 and 8x10 view camera work, it lasted about 10 weeks before I sold all the equipment and said "No Way!" Too much bother and junk to haul around. Not my style. > 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. My Hassy days with the 903SWC and 500CM were good. I would hardly ever carry both at the same time, and hardly ever carry more than one lens and two backs. The 903SWC and two backs, good tripod was a fantastic setup. More than two backs is just unwieldy to work with ... it takes time to darkslide and swap the backs, the scene changes in between and so does the light. I have enjoyed very much using the loaner Pentax 645 with the 35mm and 45mm lenses. Coming up on time to return it to its owner soon. I have had three more people offer to sell me a 645 body/45/two 120 film magazine kit for ridiculously low prices. I still hesitate as I know I will use it very infrequently, need a better 120 format film scanner, and I need a second K10D body more. Sigh. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
