On 10/31/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I asked a similar question just the other day. Mark Roberts offered > this: > > --- > "The manual focus 45/2.8 is the lens I have and it's probably my > favorite (though I only have the 45, 75 and 200mm lenses). > I'm not much of a lens tester, so I can't give you a detailed report - > I just love using this lens and the results I get from it. My "award > winning" Welsh church door photo was shot with this lens: " > > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7D501705.jpg > --- > > Others also complimented the performance of the 45 and 35 mm lenses. > > I've never had any of the Pentax MFs myself, although various friends > have used them for many years with great results. My interest when I > think of medium format usually tends to wide and what's piquing my > interest right now is the thought of a 645 and 35mm lens for that > magic 90 degree FoV across the diagonal, although the 45mm is > probably a more practical overall FoV. > > I don't know yet if I really want to get back into film work, but > this kind of camera is always fun to work with for me. If I go for > one, it will be a 645 and I'll want one or two lenses at the most > (ultrawide and wide). > > If I went for a Hassy again, the only model I want is a Hasselblad > SWC. I loved my 903SWC, sold it because it was just too too much > money to sit in a closet with only limited use. That Biogon 38mm lens > on 6x6 is just an amazing thing, it has an imaging character which is > unique and wonderful. > Thanks, Godfrey. I took a look at the thread you mentioned. The 35mm sounds nice, but I've never worked with anything quite that wide. I have seen some results from the SWC and it seems to be a camera you'd want to keep close to level if there's anything in the foreground. The 45 is probably more practical. It's also more available. My window shopping has only turned up one used 55mm A lens, and it had oil on the blades.
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