Congrats on the purchase. I use the older 6x7 system. The three lenses I have - the 67 55mm f4, the Takumar 105mm f2.5, and Takumar 150mm f 2.8 - are all excellent and cover the spectrum from wide, to normal, to short telephoto. The 55mm and 105mm are really excellent, the 150 is maybe a tad less sharp but still fine.
A note on 55mm lenses: There are three of them. The old Takumar 55mm f3.5 is reputed to be quite good, but takes a rather odd and large sized filter. Then there is a 6x7 55mm f4 which is good, but not great. At some focusing distances it produces some bad corner and edge distortion. The 67 55mm f4 (note 67 vs 6x7) is really excellent. I had the 6x7 but got rid of it and bought the 67 version instead. If I were to add a lens it would probably be the 45mm. For close up work I use a Canon multi-element closeup filter (500D) on the 105mm - but smaller formats (35mm or digital) are better suited for true macro work. The multi element filter lets you get fairly close with no noticeable degradation of image quality though. I use and older Bogen 3036 tripod and 3048 heavy duty ball head or 3057 heavy duty head - never had a problem with camera shake, but I use the mirror lock up all the time. Don't know about the 67 but the guy at the local camera repair shop warned me not to leave the mirror locked up too long - he claimed that if the lens is stopped down it will burn out the cloth shutter! Maybe an urban legend. Have fun - MCC Matt Johnson wrote: > Well I will soon be the proud owner of a 67II, the question I have now > is what lenses to get I'm thinking the 45mm a 100mm macro and the 165 > LS would make quite a good set up but Ive heard mixed things about > the 100 macro and 165 ls 4.0 so any opinions would be apreciated. > > My biggest concern is what tripod to get I want to make sure to get > one heavy enough to counter-act any shutter shake but I'm a student > and i wanna make sure to get the best bang for my dollar. I've tried > reading around online but haven't seen anything that would help me > pick out the right tripod and head for the money, all I have seen is a > variety of pro tripods people said didnt eliminate the shake. SO any > 67 users your input on this would be greatly helpful. > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
