Thanks for sharing. It is very interesting to read his comments. I marvel over and over how many people don't ever think of photography beyond equipment. Likely they have never produced a powerful photograph, only captured personal memories. For people like that photography is only about cool equipment, not about the end result.
Bruce Dayton Saturday, February 16, 2002, 7:20:48 PM, you wrote: TR> I thought the list might be interested in this guys comments on the 6x7. It TR> was in the rec.photol.equipment-mediumformat newsgroup. TR> Ciao, TR> Graywolf TR> ---------------------------------------------------------------- TR> ----- Original Message ----- TR> From: Stefan Patric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> TR> Newsgroups: rec.photo.equipment.medium-format TR> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 6:20 PM TR> Subject: Re: OT - Pentax 67 for fashion photography >> On Friday 15 February 2002 17:44, zxcvar wrote: >> >> > Greetings! Some one wrote in another newsgroup that he has seen >> > fashion photographers shooting with Pentax 67. I thought fashion >> > photographers will use digital or more fashionable cameras. It is >> > surprising to see some one >> > using such old camera system. I do not use medium format cameras. So >> > please excuse my ignorance. Just curious. With thanks. >> >> Why do find this so surprising? Can only the newest, most >> cutting-edge, technologically advance equipment produce good >> photographs? Seems you have been afflicted with the "New is Best" >> syndrome, wherein nothing old can produce anything good. >> >> True, the Pentax 6 x 7 system has been around a long time--over 30 >> years--but it is still made, has been updated and upgraded as needed to >> maintain viability in the photographic market, but basically today's >> model, for all intense and purposes, is the same as yesterday's. >> >> Besides producing excellent images, the Pentax 6 x 7 has several >> advantages over other 6x7 reflex cameras. It is small (for a 6x7), >> easy to hold and use hand-held, and quick to operate just like a 35mm; >> and for fast action fashion shoots, this is exactly what is needed. >> >> That is not to say, that other medium format cameras (or even 35mm) >> can't be used for fashion, but years ago, when I was first beginning my >> professional photo career, I assisted a photographer who told me that >> the Pentax Super Takumar lenses "...liked women," and produced the >> most beautiful skin tones and tonal gradations of any lens. For that >> reason, he did all his glamour, fashion and theatrical work with the >> Pentax and reserved the Hasselblad for industrial, product, >> architecture, and men. >> >> Of course, others will have a different opinion. >> >> -- >> Stefan Patric >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 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 .
