Hmmm. A leaf shutter is great on a portrait lens because you can use fill flash on outdoor portraits. The 165 leaf shutter lens was my portrait lens of choice on the 6x7. Paul
A 6x7, 165/4 leaf-shutter lens outdoor portrait with flash and reflector providing fill: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=719377 On Jan 11, 2008, at 6:24 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: > Hey, gang. I'm contemplating a "portrait" lens for the 645. I > have no > foreseeable need for the leaf shutter on the 135, and both focal > lengths > are acceptable. Plus, the 150 is a bit faster, so I'm leaning towards > that one. Anybody have any insight to share about the quality of > these > lenses before I pull the trigger on the 150 - image, build, etc.? > Basically, is there a reason to choose the 135 over the 150 (other > than > the leaf shutter)? > > Thanks folks. > > -- > Scott Loveless > http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
