I will checkout the RB67. Any opinions on the Pentax 6711?
I believe it's similar it's a 6x7 SLR but I think it's body is wider, it's basically like an SLR version I the Mamiya 7 the way it has side grips.
The nice thing for studio work is that if the battery dies, the RZ67 will still function at 1/400 as an option. The RB67 doesn't use a battery and therefore is great for long exposure night work and cold temps etc. as far as I have been told, had I known that at the time I might have opted for the RB instead of RZ but there seems to be a lot more RZ's out there for sale and the prices are nice, you can also use RB lenses on RZ cameras.
As far as I can tell from pictures, the Pentax does not have a bellows.
The RZ/RB system operate the focus with bellows not lens element movement so you often have crisper lenses because the elements inside do not move at all (with some floating element exceptions) and the bellows allow you to shoot at macro distances with ANY of their lenses, great for shallow depth of field portraits of you want, or deep depth of field portraits of course. I don't think the Pentax can do that.
I think the Fuji ....6x9 SLR can so that... 609 or 690 or G069 or something like that, but it's much more expensive than the Mamiya and the quality is "similar" of course anyone will argue on both sides, like a Nikon/Canon discussion, they are BOTH equally amazing cameras.
Just my opinion...
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