35mm film adapter for medium format bodies only makes sense if it is a panarama format like 24mmm x60mm where you use more than the normal 24mmX36mm of film. Otherwise you are much better off just using a 35mm camera, lighter, smaller, better in nearly every respect....
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Bill Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 5:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: New Pentax DSLR next year Yashica once built a 635 camera with an insert to use 35mm film. 6x6 with 120 film, 24x36 with 35mm film. I thought it was a neat idea, not a stupid one. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 4:46 PM Subject: RE: New Pentax DSLR next year > No you dont get it. It is absolutely pointless and stupid > to put a smallish sensor (24x36) in a 645 camera that could fit > in a 35mm format body. That would be the dumbest creation of all time. > Sorta like adding a 24x36 35mm film adapter to a 6x7 body. > Absurd...... > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill D. Casselberry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 3:59 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: New Pentax DSLR next year > > > "J. C. O'Connell" wrote: > > > how could pentax sell a DSLR with a sensor bigger than > > 24x36 ( in 645 format) for LESS than canon 24x36 35mm > > size DSLRs? > > You just don't get it - most folks don't give a rat's > patoot for ultra wide - they want to be wildlife and > nature shooters. whatever their longest lens is, it > instanly reaches half again as far or more. A few wides > are designed and built, but the rest of the lens line is > still usable - shifted to an longer *effective* focal > length, but usable. > > Bill > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Bill D. Casselberry ; Photography on the Oregon Coast > > http://www.orednet.org/~bcasselb > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------- > >
