William Robb wrote: > > I can't speak to the 67 body, I've held one, but not used one. I have used > the 6x7 for about 20 years though, and can speak to it. > You will want an MLU body, non MLU bodies were only available for the first > couple of years of production, the MLU bodies had some internal > improvements. > Later 6x7 bodies had improved film transport reliability. > Original T-Max film was hell on 6x7 film transport. Check frame spacing for > evenness, if the frame spacing is uneven, the film transport needs work. Get > it adjusted before the frames start overlapping. > If you get the meter prism, don't ever mount the meter prism with a lens on > the body. Remove the lens, then install the prism. The meter control in the > body is a very fine and delicate chain, and it can be broken if you mount > the prism with the chain held out of position. > The meter is quite red sensitive, keep that in mind if you are using filters > with B&W film. > All the lenses are very good, The SMC lenses should be better than the older > Taks, but the Taks are, for the most part, superb. The Tak 75/4.5 is > somewhat flare prone, but otherwise is very sharp and contrasty, The 45 is a > gem, as is the 90 leaf, the 135 macro, both 165mm lenses (the 2.8 and the > f/4LS), and the 200 tak and 300mm lenses are very good indeed, as well. > All eight of the lenses I own for the 6x7 are superb. If you saw Cesar > shooting 6x7 at GFM, odds are, you saw one or more of my lenses. > > William Robb > > > Thanks, Bill. Intended use is general photography (how vague is that?) and the occasional portrait. More often than not I either have a 50mm lens on a 35mm body, or my zoom gets set at something close to 50. I guess I'm just comfortable with that focal length. As such, I was looking primarily at normal lenses. I could probably get by with a 150mm or 165mm lens to start, which would be fine for the portraiture thing. I'll only have enough cash for one lens, so the 105 is looking rather attractive.
TMAX isn't an issue for me as I prefer more traditional film. Besides, it eats fixer. On the flip side, a 645 with two or three lenses and a spare magazine will cost about the same. I'm just not sure I can live with sisterhood. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
