Thanks, Paul. It's awfully tempting, but I'm going to stay with my old Mamiya, it's just too costly to move, especially adding in a new enlarger <g>. When you return from the West Coast, maybe we can organize another PDML photo shoot.
> -----Original Message----- > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist > Sent: January 27, 2002 7:45 AM > > Hi William, > Although the 6x7 heavier, it's much easier to work with. You > don't have to think about > parallax, you can actually see what's in the viewfinder when > using the prism, because it's > much brighter. The brightness makes it much easier to focus, > and I prefer the lens barrel > focus to the rack and pinion bellows of the Mamiya. I also like > being forced into a vertical > vs. horizontal composition choice. The lenses are noticeably > sharper than the early 80 and > late 250 that I had for the Mamiya and far better at managing > flare. And of course the 300/4 > SMC Pentax is a couple of stops faster than the 250/6.9 Mamiya > TLR lens. (I think it was 6.9, > might have been 6.3). - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
