Here goes! I have a Pentax 67II with the 105, 165LS, and 75f4. I have the fancy metering prism on the 67II body, and I love it and think it is a awesome system,,,,,,,,It's for sale! The reason is this: YES it is just like a 35mm,,,,but at 18 pounds (sarcasim here) heavier..Hey I am 6'4" and 350 and even for me this is heavy!
******** READ THIS---> I am from New Orleans and was doing some B&W of the French Quarter for a gallery here in Houston. I walked and took pictures,,,ate and took pictures,,,sweat and took pictures. A few hundred images later I went back to Houston and had the pro lab here develop the film. All TMAX 400 120, at 400. Went into the dark room and set my enlarger up for 16X20 prints on Kodak Fine Art Polycontrast FB doubleweight paper,,,then I noticed it,,,I saw first hand what the mirror SLAMMING UP can do to an image. I shot them all hand held at 1/60 and ALL lack crisp edges and the sharpness I was wanting. I went back to New Orleans with my Hassy 500CM and 80mmCF and shot again,,,all handheld at 1/60,,,all other things were equal. The Hasselblad was far in a way superior in sharpness and contrast. Bottom line the Hasselblad out performed the 67II.
Simply put I want to KNOW, not think,but KNOW, when I grab my camera case for a shoot I know I have the very best optics made. With my Hasselblad I feel I have just that. All the other stuff,,,6X6 vs 6X7,,,35mm like feel vs non-35mm feel,,,,yadda yadda is all fluff and distracts readers from what really should be the focus,,,the final image. Do not get me wrong the images I took were great,,printed great and sold pleanty of them,,,but at the end of the day,,I know they could have been better had I shot with a Hasselblad!
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Here goes! I have a Pentax 67II with the 105, 165LS, and 75f4. I have the fancy metering prism on the 67II body, and I love it and think it is a awesome system,,,,,,,,It's for sale! The reason is this: YES it is just like a 35mm,,,,but at 18 pounds (sarcasim here) heavier..Hey I am 6'4" and 350 and even for me this is heavy!
******** READ THIS---> I am from New Orleans and was doing some B&W of the French Quarter for a gallery here in Houston. I walked and took pictures,,,ate and took pictures,,,sweat and took pictures. A few hundred images later I went back to Houston and had the pro lab here develop the film. All TMAX 400 120, at 400. Went into the dark room and set my enlarger up for 16X20 prints on Kodak Fine Art Polycontrast FB doubleweight paper,,,then I noticed it,,,I saw first hand what the mirror SLAMMING UP can do to an image. I shot them all hand held at 1/60 and ALL lack crisp edges and the sharpness I was wanting. I went back to New Orleans with my Hassy 500CM and 80mmCF and shot again,,,all handheld at 1/60,,,all other things were equal. The Hasselblad was far in a way superior in sharpness and contrast. Bottom line the Hasselblad out performed the 67II.
Simply put I want to KNOW, not think,but KNOW, when I grab my camera case for a shoot I know I have the very best optics made. With my Hasselblad I feel I have just that. All the other stuff,,,6X6 vs 6X7,,,35mm like feel vs non-35mm feel,,,,yadda yadda is all fluff and distracts readers from what really should be the focus,,,the final image. Do not get me wrong the images I took were great,,printed great and sold pleanty of them,,,but at the end of the day,,I know they could have been better had I shot with a Hasselblad!