I'll second the leaf shutter. When I was shooting the 67, I started with a 165/2.8 for shooting portraits. I eventually bought the 165/4 leaf shutter as I found that to be more useful. Fill flash can make a very major difference in outdoor work.
-- Best regards, Bruce Friday, January 11, 2008, 6:55:49 PM, you wrote: PS> Hmmm. A leaf shutter is great on a portrait lens because you can use PS> fill flash on outdoor portraits. The 165 leaf shutter lens was my PS> portrait lens of choice on the 6x7. PS> Paul PS> A 6x7, 165/4 leaf-shutter lens outdoor portrait with flash and PS> reflector providing fill: PS> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=719377 PS> 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 >> PDML@pdml.net >> 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
