Thanks for the tips, Collin. I found one of these (with a bunch of scales) for $5 at a thrift store (Just need to fashion a way to keep it around my neck): http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=40696&gclid=Cj0KEQiAxMG1BRDFmu3P3qjwmeMBEiQAEzSDLoPsJd5-X24vAKPJsV_tfFq2IpM3UR-PIzmGE7dChtwaAtZS8P8HAQ&is=REG&ap=y&m=Y&Q=&A=details
Black & White is all I'm planning on doing, ATTM. I've heard good & bad about the 135/235. I'm trying to buy stuff "right" so if I don't care for something I can at least get my money back out of it and try something else. You are right about the prices. Good time to get into large format, price-wise. On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 6:15 AM, Collin Brendemuehl <[email protected]> wrote: > The camera is nice. > > Get a good focusing loupe. You'll really come to appreciate it. > And a really good focusing cloth. > And a changing tent. A bag is ok, but a tent is wonderful. > > And a good lens. The 135/235 is fine for b&w but that's it's limit. (I had > one.) > A modern NIkkor or Rodenstock makes a fine lens and these days the prices > are quite modest. > If you can dig up a Rodenstock Ysarex *135mm*, that's a keeper. It's among > the last of the series and performs beautifully. > If you happen to be rich, a Super Symmar ... > Or camera bling ... > http://static.photo.net/attachments/bboard/00F/00FHx2-28225684.jpg > > A few shots with a plasmat or a Tessar and you will soon see the image > formation difference over and above the Gaussian design. > > > -- > 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. -- “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above -- 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.
