Hi Shel, The Mamiya 7 sure is quiet. I saw Robs one a couple of weeks ago. It was super light also.
The price of lenses is a little scarey though. paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 5:58 PM Subject: The LX Let Me Down, A Mamiya Love Affair in the Offing? > I went to Juan Buhler's opening tonight and debated about which cameras > to take along. The first thought was to take a Leica, but I figured I > may need some faster glass and a wider lens than what I have for the old > Wetzlar Wonder. So, I took the LX and a 50/1.2. > > Well, the lens was great. The LX metering was great. But the freakin' > camera is so noisy that I was embarrassed to use it. Outside, after the > event, a couple of us were walking into downtown, stopped at a group of > people having a meeting, and from 20 feet away I snapped a picture in > available dark. In a flash someone from the group came by and asked > that I not take pictures. Michael, the fellow I was with, just smiled > and said something about the LX not being a very stealthful camera. > > This brings me to medium format. Michael recently purchased a black > Mamiya 7II. What a beauty! It's virtually silent, has a big, bright > viewfinder, and the image jumps sharply into focus. But here's the > thing ... with its normal lens it doesn't seem to weigh any more than > the LX with its normal lens. And it's not much bulkier, either. > > I know Rob Studdert has a 7II, and I've seen the 'chromes he's shot with > it. Has anyone else here considered a 7II while drooling over the > pentax 67? If so why did you choose the Pentax 67 over the 7 or 7II? > > I'm really getting to hate noisy cameras. > -- > Shel Belinkoff > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ > - > 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 . - 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 .
