Originally posted by desertscape Ghelary, I wrote the test on this lens in the Lens Test part of this forum. Have owned the 600 for 13 years now, so if you have questions, let me know. I don't use a Wimberley. I use a single tripod when shot in the good shutter speed range. In the difficult shutter speeds, I use two tripods. It can be hand held but not for long!
Steve
Yes, I've seen it. I tried the lens and body briefly on my Gitzo traveller tripod (with a Gitzo G1178M head rated for 4 kg) the whole setup was definitively too light for this beast. So I ordered exactly the same setup as described in Luminous Landscape save the head - the tripod and "support" were reasonably priced so it was a "no brainer". I expect them to be very heavy and cumbersome however.
I've made 2 rolls of 120 so far, and I'll send them for developpement tonight. So I can check if my camera works correctly (the pictures were made with the 45mm/F4 and the 100mm/F2.4)
Now back to the 600mm, something that haven't been mentionned in your review is the lens using external mount bayonnet. The Pentax 6x7 have 2 bayonnets, one on the external side of the mounting circle, one on the internal part (the K-mount is internal only) I've ordered an adapter (to K-mount) from Fotodiox, but I found out afterward that it doesn't support the outer mount bayonet... The
genuine Pentx adapter does so I may be out chasing for a real Pentax adapter in the near future.
Another problem I see with this lens mounting, is that there was some play when mounting the 6x7 on the 600mm/F4. I "fixed" the issue by putting some double face tape, the issue being now that it is very difficult to mount and unmount.
I will post my review once I have made real life pictures with it.
Guillaume