I asked a similar question just the other day. Mark Roberts offered this:
--- "The manual focus 45/2.8 is the lens I have and it's probably my favorite (though I only have the 45, 75 and 200mm lenses). I'm not much of a lens tester, so I can't give you a detailed report - I just love using this lens and the results I get from it. My "award winning" Welsh church door photo was shot with this lens: " http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7D501705.jpg --- Others also complimented the performance of the 45 and 35 mm lenses. I've never had any of the Pentax MFs myself, although various friends have used them for many years with great results. My interest when I think of medium format usually tends to wide and what's piquing my interest right now is the thought of a 645 and 35mm lens for that magic 90 degree FoV across the diagonal, although the 45mm is probably a more practical overall FoV. I don't know yet if I really want to get back into film work, but this kind of camera is always fun to work with for me. If I go for one, it will be a 645 and I'll want one or two lenses at the most (ultrawide and wide). If I went for a Hassy again, the only model I want is a Hasselblad SWC. I loved my 903SWC, sold it because it was just too too much money to sit in a closet with only limited use. That Biogon 38mm lens on 6x6 is just an amazing thing, it has an imaging character which is unique and wonderful. Godfrey On Oct 31, 2006, at 9:39 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: > If you don't my my picking the collective brain once again, I have a > question about wide angle lenses for the Pentax 645. > > The enablement bug continues to bite pretty hard and I find myself > considering a new (used) medium format system a little earlier than I > anticipated. My current darkroom setup allows up to 6x6 so I've ruled > out the 67. It's down to either an older Hassy or a Pentax 645. I > rented a Hasselblad a few years back and really liked it, but the cost > of building a system of one or two bodies and three or four lenses > means that it will probably take several years. Plus, the Hasselblad > bodies in my (wife's) price range leave me with something that might > not be repairable depending on the specifics of a possible breakdown. > So I'm kinda leaning toward the 645 manual focus body. > > I'll most likely order a kit with the 120 insert and 75mm/2.8 to > start, and very shortly thereafter add a short telephoto and a wide > lens. The wide lenses I'm considering are the 45/2.8 and 55/2.8. > Landscapes and street use for those. Differences in focal length are > not a big factor. I currently use 28 and 35mm lenses in 35mm format > and find that either suits my needs. Contrast and resolution are more > important to me. Would anyone mind sharing their opinions on these? > If anyone can compare the two, that would be swell. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
