kuau
Workshop Member
Just curious to see if anyone is shooting this combo and what your feeling are about the setup?
I really am liking my Pentax 645D, as you can tell by my post from my Yosemite trip, yet.. I am still struggling with the whole Pentax FA lens situation.
I realized that I need a AF MF camera, but when I saw someone in Yosemite shooting the 503CW with the PM45 viewfinder and the CFV50 back, he let take a look though the camera, Yes I know it's manual focus, but it has a really nice micro split prism focus screen with the 2x magnifier built into the finder I was able to MF the camera no problem and this fellow had a nice kit of CFE/CFI Zeiss lenses which I am sure are better then the 645 FA Pentax glass I have been using.
I don't know just curious I guess.
I'm just on the fence with the lack of availability of Pentax Glass since the FA lens have been discontinued, and all thats left is "old" new stock, it's all either in Japan, or elsewhere, there are no new "old" lenses in the states, so I am kind of stuck on e-bay looking at used glass which some is good and some is not.
The 645D body is really a beauty IMHO, everything I would want in a MFD body, except Live view, but that's not pentax fault., It handles great, solid build, works in very cold temperature, 2 second timer with mirror lock up, no need to use a cable release, you name it's got it... except a BIG ??? for lenses.
where as hasselblad is still selling the CFE/CFI glass, etc, but the 503 body is very limited can't even compare the 645d, but it sure felt nice and looked nice, very retro.. Kind of cool I though. After owning the H3d39, which I loved until I took it out in cold weather, I still liked the feel of the 503...
Steven
I really am liking my Pentax 645D, as you can tell by my post from my Yosemite trip, yet.. I am still struggling with the whole Pentax FA lens situation.
I realized that I need a AF MF camera, but when I saw someone in Yosemite shooting the 503CW with the PM45 viewfinder and the CFV50 back, he let take a look though the camera, Yes I know it's manual focus, but it has a really nice micro split prism focus screen with the 2x magnifier built into the finder I was able to MF the camera no problem and this fellow had a nice kit of CFE/CFI Zeiss lenses which I am sure are better then the 645 FA Pentax glass I have been using.
I don't know just curious I guess.
I'm just on the fence with the lack of availability of Pentax Glass since the FA lens have been discontinued, and all thats left is "old" new stock, it's all either in Japan, or elsewhere, there are no new "old" lenses in the states, so I am kind of stuck on e-bay looking at used glass which some is good and some is not.
The 645D body is really a beauty IMHO, everything I would want in a MFD body, except Live view, but that's not pentax fault., It handles great, solid build, works in very cold temperature, 2 second timer with mirror lock up, no need to use a cable release, you name it's got it... except a BIG ??? for lenses.
where as hasselblad is still selling the CFE/CFI glass, etc, but the 503 body is very limited can't even compare the 645d, but it sure felt nice and looked nice, very retro.. Kind of cool I though. After owning the H3d39, which I loved until I took it out in cold weather, I still liked the feel of the 503...
Steven