Sinar X v. F2 for churchs

[Ed Richards]

I am thinking about some serious church architectural photography. This will include a lot of wide angle work because of the height of the interiors, and the lack of step back room for the exteriors. I have a nice F2, which I have been happy when I do not have to hike with it. But there are nice Sinar X cameras for reasonable prices and I am curious what the comparison is in actual architectural work. I can see advantages for studio work, especially table top work. I could see where geared rise could be very nice - it is pretty hard to do rise on the F2 while you are watching the GG.

Any real advantages for this work, or am I just suffering from GAS. (The X and P2 cameras are such nice machinery.)

[Frank Petronio]

I don't know Ed, an "X" camera in a church might not be kosher.

And Tums are for GAS.

In practice, the geared Sinars are nice if you stay under the dark cloth. But if you don't like carrying an F, the X might be awfully heavy.