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- From: fanelli@gagme.chi.il.us (michael fanelli)
- Subject: Re: > Re: PENTAX 6x7 Questions
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- Dan Baum (drb@studmuffin.asd.sgi.com) wrote:
- : I would also like to hear from people using P67 or other medium format
- : cameras for travelling, etc.. I have an RB67 that I don't mind lugging
- : around for a day, but for multi-week trips it gets a bit out of control.
- : I looked briefly at a P67. It would be easier to hand-hold & carry
- : than an RB67, but it is still fairly heavy. It also appears to use
- : fairly old technology. Mamiya 6 would be a possibility, but it's big $$
- : in the U.S.. I also looked at some of the 645 cameras (M645, P645), but
- : they weren't that comfortable for hand holding.
- :
- : Any comments or suggestions would be appeciated, I'm leaving in a few
- : weeks!!
- :
- : P.S. I'm not willing to spend the bucks for a Hasselblad.
- : --
-
- I have been carrying a Pentax 67 and two lens (105,165) through the
- mountains (hills?) of Western North Carolina for a few months now.
- It will hand hold nicely (though I don't handhold, not even 35mm)
- because of it's shape. The weight is much more than my Pentax LX
- 35mm system, but everything fits nicely into a Photoflex MFP
- and on airplanes. If you are looking for a truly handheld quick
- shooting MF, your only real choice is a Mamiya 6. Best idea I was
- ever given: rent first! I am glad I did.
-
- mwf
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