Aaron Reynolds writes: > Get the prism. You won't regret it.
Gotta deflate the plastic first. Holidays are expensive :( I do plan to get a prism, but I haven't decided if I want a metered one yet. A metered prism would have been handy on the boat, although I was lucky that the light didn't change from EV13 all day. > I haven't yet had a problem with unwanted stuff creeping into the > frame. Sure, I'd like a prism with a larger percentage of the neg area > visible, but I'd rather have this 85% prism for most shooting than the > waist level finder. I got my holiday films back this evening and found a few shots I'd taken with the 15mm on the Z-1p where I'd attempted to shade the just-off-camera sun from the lens, to get rid of the flare. I never have trouble doing this with the K2 (98% viewfinder) but managed to get my fingers in the frame every time with the Z-1p. That is an extreme example but is one reason why I don't want an MZ-S. I think any 35mm body I buy should have at least a 95% finder. I did find that the 45mm f/4 is slightly more prone to flare than I originally thought. Still vanishingly low but it is there. I haven't gone in with the 8x loupe yet but under the horrifyingly expensive but beautiful 3x full-frame Rodenstock in the shop (drool) those slides looked damn sharp too. > See? Take that, naysayers, the Pentax 67 is LIGHT. :) Anyone who thinks otherwise can come here and lift my RB67 with the prism finder. Or maybe just a K2 with the FA*24/2.0. I guess I'm just used to lifting heavy cameras. > The only slow part of my loading process > is getting the sprockets to catch on the left hand spool...sometimes it > takes a bit of jiggling. Maybe my technique is poor...anyone got any > suggestions? I haven't had too much of a problem. I learned to just hold the roll nearly in the holder and note where the sprocket has to be to line up, then bring the film back out and get my finger in and turn the sprocket to about the right place. I have thin fingers though. > What's nice, though, is that the Pentax 67 is a camera with so few > shortcomings. :) Yeah its not too bad. I'm glad I realised I don't really need a 67II (sorry Pentax:). I am going to miss the RB though; the system was really well put together despite the resultant bulk. Cheers, - Dave David A. Mann, B.E. (Elec) http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ "Why is it that if an adult behaves like a child they lock him up, while children are allowed to run free on the streets?" -- Garfield - 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 .
