With regard to price, this is exactly what I was thinking, Mark. I have seen similar 645 setups go for $400-$500 on eBay...but you are right, I would then have to deal with eBay. Things are always a bit more expensive at camera shops. It is nice, though, to be able to hold and inspect the camera with one's own hands. Some shops gouge, but, however, if the price is only a tad higher than eBay, it may be worth it to buy at a shop.
Glen On Aug 31, 2007, at 5:05 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Glen Tortorella wrote: > >> I went to a somewhat "local" camera shop today to buy film. In one >> of the used cases sat a Pentax 645. It looked like it was in nice >> shape, and it came with a lens...I am not sure which one, though. >> Anyway, they are asking $560 for it. > > That's a reasonable price for a dealer, I think. You can do a bit > better on eBay, but then you have to deal with eBay ;-) > > I have a 645 - the original, manual focus version - and love it. If > you > do your own B&W darkroom printing, you'll swear off fiddly little 35mm > negatives forever after working with medium format negs. I know I did. > > The camera's pretty much indestructible. Reasonable weight for what it > is. Good assortment of lenses available. I have the 45mm f/2.8, 75mm > f/2.8 and 200mm f/4. All very good but the 200 is amazingly sharp. > This > kit roughly corresponds to a 28/50/135 kit on 35mm film and it's > really > nice to go out shooting with just three primes. (I'm still hankering > after a 35mm f/3.5, though...) > > You can use Pentax 67 lenses on it if you can find the proper adapter. > Trouble is, you can't find the proper adapter. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
