I thought the list might be interested in this guys comments on the 6x7. It was in the rec.photol.equipment-mediumformat newsgroup.
Ciao, Graywolf ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Stefan Patric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: rec.photo.equipment.medium-format Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 6:20 PM Subject: Re: OT - Pentax 67 for fashion photography > On Friday 15 February 2002 17:44, zxcvar wrote: > > > Greetings! Some one wrote in another newsgroup that he has seen > > fashion photographers shooting with Pentax 67. I thought fashion > > photographers will use digital or more fashionable cameras. It is > > surprising to see some one > > using such old camera system. I do not use medium format cameras. So > > please excuse my ignorance. Just curious. With thanks. > > Why do find this so surprising? Can only the newest, most > cutting-edge, technologically advance equipment produce good > photographs? Seems you have been afflicted with the "New is Best" > syndrome, wherein nothing old can produce anything good. > > True, the Pentax 6 x 7 system has been around a long time--over 30 > years--but it is still made, has been updated and upgraded as needed to > maintain viability in the photographic market, but basically today's > model, for all intense and purposes, is the same as yesterday's. > > Besides producing excellent images, the Pentax 6 x 7 has several > advantages over other 6x7 reflex cameras. It is small (for a 6x7), > easy to hold and use hand-held, and quick to operate just like a 35mm; > and for fast action fashion shoots, this is exactly what is needed. > > That is not to say, that other medium format cameras (or even 35mm) > can't be used for fashion, but years ago, when I was first beginning my > professional photo career, I assisted a photographer who told me that > the Pentax Super Takumar lenses "...liked women," and produced the > most beautiful skin tones and tonal gradations of any lens. For that > reason, he did all his glamour, fashion and theatrical work with the > Pentax and reserved the Hasselblad for industrial, product, > architecture, and men. > > Of course, others will have a different opinion. > > -- > Stefan Patric > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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 .
