Hello Marisa - I'll second the voice in the wilderness, same reasons I went with a 6x7... Norm
William Robb wrote: > From: "marisa mack" > > Once again, I feel like a voice in the wilderness. > For the record, I have owned a 645 (Bronica ETRs) and presently > own a Pentax 6x7. > For the record, I hate the 645 format, for a variety of reasons, > most of which relate to printing the negatives. The film > transport in a 645 is from bottom to top (or vice versa, it > doesn't matter). This means that the negative sits vertically in > the enlarger. Great if you shoot portraits, not so good if you > shoot landscapes. > I shoot landscapes. > The 6x7 is extremely 35mm like, although it is about 4 times > larger. It operates in much the same fashion as a 35mm camera. I > am not sure about the new 67II. I have never seen one. Perhaps > it works like a more modern camera. > I like the Pentax 6x7 a lot. I have the 45, 75, 90LS, 105, and > 135 macro for it, and have used the 165 and 200mm (old). I also > have, and would recommend the extension tubes and hand grip. > Especially the hand grip. It is worth the cameras weight in > gold. The 45mm is extremely good, the 75 is not so good, the 90, > 105, 135 and 165 are excellent, and the 200 is not so good. > The nice thing is, because of the smaller magnifications, a less > than excellent lens can still give excellent results. > I have successfully done handheld photos with the 6x7 at speeds > as low as 1/30th with the 105mm lens. The weight of the camera > helps, as at around 3 kilos with the meter prism, it has a lot > of inertia. A tripod is recommended whenever possible, and not > some wimpy little thing. You need a good, solid tripod. > It is heavy to hump around, but the results are worth the > effort. > If you are planning on using the camera commercially for > weddings and the like, the 6x7 is wasted on that sort of work, > go for the 645. If you are planning on doing landscape > photography mostly, the 6x7 is better. > If you are planning on shooting street with a medium format, The > Plaubel 6x7 (http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/plaubel.htm for a > review) can't be beat. The 80mm lens, is a really nice street > focal length in the 6x7 format. > FWIW, I shoot 4x5 as well, but I find that often, I can shoot > 6x7 and get the same quality on the print. I can't do that with > 645. > William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
