I have been using a Pentax 67 since December, and shot a couple hundred rolls through it. I was finding the system very slow compared to 35mm, and it seemed speed was integral to my shooting style. I have returned all variable to where they were before I switched formats, and I have had maybe 10 shoots since so doing. I am still finding my photographs of last summer to be OBJECTIVELY much better, and others have said the same.(posted 8751 days ago)I love the quality I get with 67, but I am thinking of switching back to 35mm. How long did it take you to get used to the switch? I can't seem to capture people the way I used to, when I was carefree and had 3 times the film and a motordrive and speed.
I'm not whining. I'm not going to jump the gun, either. But if someone said to me "I'm thinking of switching back from MF to 35mm", I'd think to myself, and probably say, "You are nuts, and here's why: big image quality, detail, 'professionalism'".
A Nikon F4s (or even a couple of FM2n's with MD12's) with a 50mm and 80-200 seems professional to me, Technical Pan has great detail as long as I stick to 11x14 (35mm), and I don't do large prints often. However, I would not be able to crop as aggressively as I have become accustomed to lately...which means I'd have to become a better photographer (always the hardest part, eh?).
I wish I could afford 2 systems, but I can't yet (I still don't make any moey at this...but who cares?).
Would I be crazy to switch back to 35mm. I think yes, but something just isn't sitting well, as if I am staying MF merely for dogmatic and theoretical reasons.
Obviously, no one can really answer this but me, but here am I anyways...
shawn