Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Apr 25, 2005, at 5:47 PM, Henning Wulff wrote: > At 1:58 PM -0700 4/25/05, Mark Rabiner wrote: > >> But if you get one with a mirror lock up its pretty usable. >> Although Luminous Landscape head honcho and Leica nut Michael >> Reichmann says >> the SHUTTER itself is a big problem. >> Mirror aside. Or locked up. >> http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/pentax67ii.shtml >> >> But with no mirror lock up it's a paper weight landscape wise >> >> And the most bang for the buck of any optics system ever. >> Just about any lens cost a couple hundred bucks. >> >> Still if you put two 24x30 inch prints side by side one with the >> Pentax 6x7 >> and cheap but "sharp" monster Takumar and one with a Hasselblad square >> format Zeiss optics.. >> And cropped the same so they look the same >> That means the Hassy shot is cropped so it might just as well have >> been 645. >> And you'd shot slow film. Or medium speed. >> >> I bet the Hassy shot would look better. Even at its slightly higher >> magnification. >> >> Lets see. With the 6x7 a 24x30 would be a 10.5 magnification. >> With the Hasselblad it would be about a 13.5 magnification. >> Not much of a difference mag. wise. >> I say the Hassy would win. >> And sure does on a lot of other accounts, design wise unless you're >> hand >> holding and wed to the 35mm configuration. > > I've seen a number of large Pentax 6x7 shots along with Hassy 6x6 > shots side by side, both in rectangular format. Pentax lenses are > quite good enough that the extra area (over 50%) will win out, and are > a definite step up in detail and tonality. > > Of course, if you crop to square they would be on equal footing... > > If it weren't for that damn mirror and shutter, I would have gotten > one years ago. As it is, you are best off handholding it, as that > dampens the shocks better than most tripods. I've tried a 6x7 on my > Gitzo 509 unextended with Sinar head, and with a 300 it was still not > enough in the critical speed ranges. I'm never going to carry a tripod > bigger than _that_. I have and use a 67II - when the shutter fires I can feel the body torque in my hands. But the big negative is fantastic; the eye relief is great for me and my eyeglasses; the image is right side up and not reversed; the metering is matrix or spot or centerweighted...and as Mark says the glass isn't stupid expensive and as you say the glass is pretty darn good. I like mine. CZ NC