Mark, Hear hear. When you price some of the backs from other manufacturers, you could almost buy extra bodies if it was so necessary to change films like that.
Bruce Monday, August 19, 2002, 8:35:57 AM, you wrote: MR> P�l Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> The battle in the MF market is of course important, but unless Pentax >>> introduces interchangeable backs for the 645 and 67, it will not be able to >>> win the battle with Contax and Mamiya. This is of course but a personal >>> point of view:) >> >>But Pentax never wanted to. It's obvious that Pentax found a medium format niche; >>the MF camera that operates as a 35mm slr. They have stayed at that niche ever >since. MR> When I first contemplated going into medium format, my concern with the Pentax MR> 645 was the lack of interchangable backs. Now, not only do I *not* miss having MR> interchangable backs on my 645, I've come to view it as one of the most MR> overrated and unnecessary features of medium format cameras. - 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 .
