I'm shooting with P645 for 2 years. It is great camera. You can easy take it with you on long trips: built in meter is very accurate camera is weather proof, works even at -10 degrees C. 35mm/3.5 lens is fantastic (got mine from KEH, $340) Flash photography is ok with 1/60s. In short - it works like regular 35mm/DSLR, and even more.
(if you install rechargeable AA batteries, then very long exposures are possible) OTOH - with P67 i would take my DSLR with me... for metering and test shots. If you have enough money - get both P645 and P67 :)))) Gasha David Bliss wrote: > So I'm growing increasingly frustrated with 35mm and APS-C digital. > > Solutoin: medium format. But what? > > Hasselblad makes the sexiest gear I've ever seen. But I can't afford it even > used. > > I like the larger negative area of the Pentax 67 -- after all, isn't neg > area the name of the game? But I HATE the look of the camera. It sounds like > it requires a tripod bigger than God and MLU for every shot. Flash sync sucks > at only 1/30. No hotshoe for my level. > Pluses: waist-level finder (apparently not a great one). > > > 645: > less neg. > fixed prism -- no WL finder > > looks more like a hassy :) > data imprinting (a must) > less need for mlu/tripods/etc > focus confirm on manual lenses > uses 67 lenses > Maybe a 645D in the future -- yeah right. > > So: > > Which should I get? Is the cost in image size worth all the other benefits > of the 645? Or should i skip MF and go straight to a 4x5 view camera? > > Or should I go to a 6x6 view camera with the idea of robbing a bank for a > digital back? > > But only P67/P645 will play with my existing bodies... > > Any ideas, thoughts, suggestions, or tips appreciated. > > I really wanted a waist-level finder... > > > Thanks, > david > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
