The 135/235 arrived today and the shutter would only cock twice before refusing to cock again. So it is being returned.
Sort of intrigued by the Ysarex you mentioned. Will have to keep my eye open for one. On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 11:07 PM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the tips, Collin. > I found one of these (with a bunch of scales) for $5 at a thrift store > (Just need to fashion a way to keep it around my neck): > http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=40696&gclid=Cj0KEQiAxMG1BRDFmu3P3qjwmeMBEiQAEzSDLoPsJd5-X24vAKPJsV_tfFq2IpM3UR-PIzmGE7dChtwaAtZS8P8HAQ&is=REG&ap=y&m=Y&Q=&A=details > > Black & White is all I'm planning on doing, ATTM. I've heard good & > bad about the 135/235. I'm trying to buy stuff "right" so if I don't > care for something I can at least get my money back out of it and try > something else. > > You are right about the prices. Good time to get into large format, > price-wise. > > On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 6:15 AM, Collin Brendemuehl > <coll...@brendemuehl.net> wrote: >> The camera is nice. >> >> Get a good focusing loupe. You'll really come to appreciate it. >> And a really good focusing cloth. >> And a changing tent. A bag is ok, but a tent is wonderful. >> >> And a good lens. The 135/235 is fine for b&w but that's it's limit. (I had >> one.) >> A modern NIkkor or Rodenstock makes a fine lens and these days the prices >> are quite modest. >> If you can dig up a Rodenstock Ysarex *135mm*, that's a keeper. It's among >> the last of the series and performs beautifully. >> If you happen to be rich, a Super Symmar ... >> Or camera bling ... >> http://static.photo.net/attachments/bboard/00F/00FHx2-28225684.jpg >> >> A few shots with a plasmat or a Tessar and you will soon see the image >> formation difference over and above the Gaussian design. >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” > ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above -- “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above -- 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.
