If you have access to a MF film scanner you can bracket and take the best sky, land, and foreground/background and put them together by blending channels in Photoshop.
No extra backs or anything needed. Except a sturdy tripod...but you'll have that anyway. -Brendan --- Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scott Loveless wrote: > > 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 with Quickoads/Readyloads. 1 holder, 1 4x5 > field camera, box of > film. Notably lighter than a MF SLR and 5 backs. > > > > >> 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. > > > > -Adam > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. Ask your question on www.Answers.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
