Hello- I've noticed that many on the list decry the size and weight of the EOS-1v and F5 type cameras and advocate that for that size it would make more sense to have an MF camera - up to a certain telephoto length, anyway. I recall, too, the posting of a link to some nature photog who switched from Canon to Pentax 645 for this very reason.
Obviously, there are also issues of lens speed, wide-angle availability, lens/kit costs, and camera automation/sophistication that may weigh against such an option. My main point is that this type of advertising might be brilliant on the part of Pentax, certainly for the 645 (and especially if it were to get USM and/or Image-stabilization as a few have dreamed). However, Mamiya is taking advantage of just this in recent ads, such as on page 37 of the November 2002 issue of Photographic. It is quite a compelling ad which shows head-on shots (which make the case better than if one sees the depth of both systems) of a MAMIYA 7II next to an F5 (w/ name on Camera and lens blacked-out) and then below shows the difference in image size. Such a simple point - and made in such a graphic way that drives home the point. Would that Pentax advertising come up with such a concept. RSW _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
