so i'm thinking of getting a 645

2007-08-11 Thread Matt Johnson
So after over 6 months of shooting with my 67ii, I'm already considering getting a 645 as a compliment to it, while I love my 67, I'm thinking a 645 would pick up slack in some areas like portability . After looking into getting a macro for my 67, and hearing how good the 120 was on the 645, I

so i'm thinking of getting a 645

2007-08-11 Thread Walter Hamler
Matt, I agree the n would be a good choice. I do know a little about film flatness issues when I had my 645. I believe I found the secret was to not shoot too fast. On several occasions when I would shoot a fast sequence, several, if not all, of the shots would be in varying degrees of

Re: so i'm thinking of getting a 645

2007-08-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I don't know what you've been reading, but the P645's A35/3.5 and A45/2.8 lenses seem very good performers in my experience. They're all I've used with the P645 and I have no problems at all with the quality they produce. Godfrey On Aug 11, 2007, at 2:01 AM, Matt Johnson wrote: So after

Re: so i'm thinking of getting a 645

2007-08-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Walter Hamler wrote: I believe it was because with the reverse wind of the film magazines the film would need time to stabilize once it had been wound from the rolled position to the flattened position. I would always try to keep that in the back of my mind but it would invaribly end up

Re: so i'm thinking of getting a 645

2007-08-11 Thread Bob Sullivan
Matt, I suggest you go out and buy a 645. Give it a try! Ebay has them for under $300 with a 75mm lens and back. That's what I'm doing now as a back-up for the 67. The camera is lighter and lenses smaller than the 67ii. Reputed to be indestructable... Features are reduced but just fine with some

so i'm thinking of getting a 645

2007-08-11 Thread Walter Hamler
Mark Roberts wrote Digital? Nah. What you want is to go to glass plates. ;-) Hey Mark, been there, done that! Me and Mathew Brady were mates!! In all truthfullness, I did some glass plate work, at Mt Palomar. They were 14 x 17 and 8x8 I believe. And believe it or not, they were very thin