Pål, I used to have this problem all the time until I realized I was missing shots debating which camera to use. This really hit home on a trip to New York last summer when I was constantly reframing shots with both the MF and the 35mm. The whole experiance made be reevaluate how I use 35mm. Now I would say I shoot medium format 80% of the time the execption being snap shots and when I go out to try shoot macros. In a dream world my bag would look like this 645n II a couple of nice lenses; maybe the zooms, a K1000 with the 645 to K adapter and maybe the fish-eye zoom or the 100mm macro. That would give two cameras three lenses in a managable package for walking around. Just maybe I would keep a rangefinder in my pocket just in case. If your like me the more you shoot MF the more you find the quality of 35mm to be unacceptable.
Evan Pål Jensen wrote: > > More and more of us are using medium format along with our 35mm K-mount systems. How >do you cope with this? Are you shooting MF under certain circumstances and 35mm at >other? Personally, I've used both systems side by side and consequently are >constantly agonizing about what to use when and how balance lens selection between >the two formats. I'm torned between the wish of extra quality of MF and therefore >using MF as much as possible (and investing in more, longer telephoto 645 lenses), >and the wish of saving as much weight as possible. I have now finally decided on the >following general nature/landscape outfit: 645N body, FA645 33-55/4.5, FA645 >55-110/5.6; MZ-S body, FA* 200/4 ED Macro, FA* 400/5.6. Now this outfit will cover >focal lenght from 20mm to 400mm (in 35mm system terms) and is very versatile. Common >sense(?) have told me since I already own the wonderful, albeit heavy, FA* 200/4 >Macro I'll better take advantage of it and put it into regular use. Using this lens >with! > a heavyer MF outfit is out of the question due to weight issues. Nedless to say, I >don't yet own the 645 lenses above but their low weight is pretty amazing and allow >me carrying a complete system withou excessive weight. I would, however, have >prefered something like a 75-150/5.6 instead of the 55-110/5.6. > > Pål > - - 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 .
