I have a RB67. I found that I take longer shooting a 220 roll of film than a 512MB SD-card with my Ist-DS. Simply because I do not allow myself to try. It has to succeed in one shot.
Even on not the best sites, I tend to shoot at least 10 digital images. Syb 2007/8/11, Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > David Bliss wrote: > > So I'm growing increasingly frustrated with 35mm and APS-C digital. > > > > Solutoin: medium format. But what? > > Depends on what you are shooting, and how you want to work. > > I love my 6x7 for landscape work, and that is about all I use it for. > Yes - it is heavy, you need a heavy tripod, it's slow working with it - > but that's all fine for me. The 6x7 format is over 40% larger than > 6x4.5, so for really huge enlargements (which I use) it is the way to > go. I probably should use large format but I'm too lazy. > > For other applications, a 6x4.5 might fit the bill better, and if the > digital 645 compatible body ever materializes you are set for that. > > If size and weight really are an issue - a 6x6 TLR is light and offers a > decent size neg. Can easily be cropped to a 6x4.5 size if you don't want > square images. > > Film options will only get more limited - but I really like being able > to use 220 and 120 film with the 6x7. Shooting MF is not the same as > digital - you don't blast through a dozen shots and short them out > later. Often one roll of 220 can get me through a morning of landscape > shooting, no problem. > > - MCC > > > > -- > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Mark Cassino Photography > Kalamazoo, Michigan > www.markcassino.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- ======================== Syb Vis, The Netherlands. "Since i bought my DSLR, i do no longer buy prints. Instead, i pay digital frames. Who said it would become cheaper?" ================================= -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
