Originally posted by Nesster Another advantage of a TLR (and all film cameras): we don't need to obsess about 'what film does the D-7 take, and does it tell you to move left for better composition in stereo or not, and if not why is there a stereo mic input, can you use it as a MP3 player then?' like the rest of the pentax world is currently doing.
Amen to that Nesster. I went shooting a few days ago with a friend of mine who is also a Pentaxian by the way. Anyway as we had been carrying on a conversation he wanted to get check out the upgrades that where done to to the SanGabriel mission and I said, cool lets go. I grabbed my old reliable me super with my M40F/2.8 that I never leave home with out and we where off. I loaded it with Kodak 800 ultramax and was set. ''Again he gave me some flack over the film camera and I said...Rick, lets just wait and see who gets better results when it is all said and done. I knew my advantage was in the dynamic range of the film because of the harsh light, shadows and contrasting shadows. Bottom line is that while he did get a few keepers, none where as good as what I got with film.
Now here is the thing. When I shoot with my digital, I end up bracketing and chimping allot just to get what I want, then I have to spend time on the computer ''fixing'' many pictures to my liking. This to me is time being wasted that I could use to spend with my family or shooting...For many folks, this is perfectly cool and nothing wrong with this. I also do allot of birding and use my DSLR's pretty exclusively for this.Anyway, end of rant.
Here are some of the more difficult shots I took at the mission..
ME SUPER, M40F/2.8@F11, Hyperfocal focusing, Ultramax 800..target processing and scanning...