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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-19-2008, 02:48 PM
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The widest rectilinear lens in the system is a 50mm F4.5. They also have a 37mm fisheye. Wacky stuff. I did a lot of landscape (urban and leafy) with the RZ67, and the revolving back is a great feature in any application.
I bought an RZ because I knew I wanted a modular medium format, and I wanted 6x7 for maximum film area. The Bronica GS-1 was too unwieldy, especially in portrait orientation, and the Pentax 67 didn't have interchangeable backs, so for me the RZ67 was the winner.
YMMV.
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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-19-2008, 02:12 PM
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Just to gum up the works, have you considered the Mamiya? Depending on what you want to shoot, it might have some advantages. All the lenses have leaf shutters so you can sync flash at any speed, revolving film back so you can shoot portrait or landscape without flipping the whole camera, and of course interchangeable film backs so you can switch film mid roll. I see that KEH has a number of kits of various configurations from about $550 to just over $1000. The 110mm lens is sharper than the 90mm, and I'd avoid any of the kits that include a winder. They make a hell of a racket and they're not much faster than advancing manually. As for viewfinders, I had both the waist level and prism finders in my kit, and I did most of my shooting with the waist level.
My 2¢
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