Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If I was going to spend $11K on a digital MF camera I would spend another $2k and get the Hasselblad H4D-31. Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, March 3, 2012 11:26:29 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [Leica] S2 vs. 645D The genesis of the camera seems to be that Pentax finally finished it so that it can make the company more appealing to Hoya, but then it got wildly popular (well, wildly is a relative term in medium format world). Now another owner later, they are certainly taking their time releasing new lens. There is one wide lens already: 25mm which is even wider than the new Leica S2 35mm but one will have to make do with the older 645 or 6x7 lens in the mean time. The performance varies so you may have to try several lens to get one that performs well, but they are dirt cheap though, relatively speaking. On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 9:12 PM, John McMaster <john at chiaroscuro.co.nz>wrote: > Pentax don't seem to be rushing out new/wider lenses for it, not sure > (either way) of the quality of the lenses from the film days. > > john > > -----Original Message----- > > > If I can finagled $11K, I'd buy the Pentax 645D in a heartbeat. \ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information