----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" Subject: RE: 6x7 LENSES
> 150 is too short for ports IMHO. That equiv to a 75 mm lens > in 35mm. 200 would be much better and possibly even 300. > JCO Depends, believe it or not, on whether you use a prism finder or not. The 6x7 prism crops a full card size off the viewscreen. I find I need to use an E or F crop card to match the finder view. even though the 6x7 neg is a G crop. I don't own a lens longer that 135mm, so that is the one I use for portraits, and it does very well for me. The 150, 165 and 200 mm lenses don't focus closely enough for a tight head and shoulders portrait on their own, so a set of extension tubes is needed to do really tight work with the longer lenses. I have used all three of the lenses mentioned, and I found the 165 to be really nice, though it wanted a #1 tube, and the 200 to be just a wee bit on the long side for the room I was in (I had about 20 feet from the subject). The 150mm is fine for portraiture, it is long enough that there is no camelling. William Robb - 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 .
