On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, Denton Taylor wrote:
> Seems to me what you have just described is a Pentax 6x7.
That's what I was thinking (and there's a new 6x7 coming out, too),
Denton...
> 1. Mechanical with MLU -- check
> 2. FP shutter, no flash -- check
> 3. No removable backs -- check
> 4. Prism, like Oly -- check
> 5. Metering, none, or optional -- check
> 6. Format -- 6x7 is a great format, my favorite
> 7. Cost -- Pentax 6x7 is by far the cheapest of the 6x7s
>
> In medium format, the conventional wisdom says first pick the format, then
> the camera.
Absolutely.
> 6x7 gives the highest print quality at the cost of all that weight, and
> little assistance in the way of automation.
Amen... *= Doris Fang =*
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