For sports shooters, it's a no brainer. You have to go with Canon. For a studio pro, who does mainly fashion, the 645 might be approving. Many of the New York fashion shooters were using the Pentax 6x7 last I heard. Don't know what they're using now. But if some are still shooting film, they may go for Pentax, as the 6x7 lenses will work quite nicely on the 645. Paul On Feb 26, 2007, at 6:52 PM, John Francis wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 04:42:15PM -0500, graywolf wrote: >> In your list of considerations you left out rental availability. Very >> important for the things you use so seldom that buying is not >> sensible, >> and when you need a substitute because yours is in the shop. > > To my mind that is *the* big consideration for "professional" use; > is addtional and/or replacement gear readily available when your own > equipment is unavailable or inadequate. > > Canon win, hands down, for the sports shooter; it's easy to rent those > big lenses in any major city, and at all major events Canon show up > with > a truckload of free loaner gear (and technicians to service your > stuff, > free of charge). > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
