Good point Godfrey. To me is more an economical issue. I own a large collection of Pentacon Six /Carl Zeiss Jena/Schneider Kreutznach lenses. I got this 10-15 years ago (ebay) after selling my Rolleiflex (man, was that great), since I needed interchangeable lenses.
The Pentacon Six really does deliver great results, but: 1. The Pentacon doesn't have a built in lightmeter in the prisma. So it's really only for studio work. But more important: 2. I just can't seem to learn how to compose square images - so, I wanted a rectangular format - like 6x7. So finally, as the price tags seemed to drop a lot, I got a nice deal on a Pentax 67 + 2.8 90mm lens, a few weeks ago. Aftewards I have bought a Pentax 300mm and a Pentax 4.0 165mm LS lens for flash photography. Now I only miss a 45mm or 55mm :-) So, I'm selliong my Pentacon Six equipment shortly The first reason I got a Pentax 67 is, that I can't afford a Pentax 645D :-)) In Europe this will cost 20,000 USD with one lens. I would have to be a full time pro in order to convince my wife, I need this :-) The 645D would cost me money (interest), since I don't have 20 grand to many lying arrond, even if it's not in use, for a while. The 67 will only cost me money, when ever I have a paying customer to take care of the bills (film, development etc.) So, until I win the lottery, I will use medium format as long as I can convince myself, that it will deliver results superior to my K20D or K-7 (and (hopefully soon) the K-5). I bought the Petnax 67 from a pro rental studio, that didn't really want it anymore. At this studio, I could see film wrappings lying on the floor here and there - which means: Pros still use film - at least to some extend. Reagrds Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Dec 31, 2010 18:30 "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <gdigio...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thinking about it further, the real and only reason to shoot with > Medium Format film today is, for me, to work with the very different > coupling of Field of View and Depth of Field it affords compared to > small-format (FourThirds, APS-C and so-called "full frame) digital > cameras. > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
