Pentax 67 Gas!

[divewizard]

67ii ... Takumar 105mm f2.4 ... HP5+

A nice portrait Kieth. HP5 is my favorite film for portraits.

 

[federoces]

6x7 or 67

6x7 or 67

Can someone tell me if it's true That 6x7 bodies are more durable and easy to repair than 67 bodies??
I'm going to buy one of these and am wondering what is the best buy, both are in very good condition.

the 67 has more plastic parts. Has anyone had experience with these two machines and can help me??

 

[Paddy C]

67ii ... Takumar 105mm f2.4 ... HP5+

Lovely, Keith. Such wonderful tones. And great composition.

 

[redisburning]

I have newfound respect for you guys carrying one of these around.

is it actually possible to shoot the P67ii with one hand or do you just have more help for using two?

 

[taemo]

have 3 slide films taken with my 6x7 and 55 f4 then will share them to you guys

I have newfound respect for you guys carrying one of these around.

is it actually possible to shoot the P67ii with one hand or do you just have more help for using two?

it's do-able at fast shutter speed and as long you have the focus set already.

 

[tsiklonaut]

I have newfound respect for you guys carrying one of these around.

is it actually possible to shoot the P67ii with one hand or do you just have more help for using two?

67ii is VERY easy since it's more ergonomic camera. Older P67 and P6x7 needs some getting use to and good technique to hold it but I've managed fine. I can shoot hand-hold wideangles down to 1/30th or even to 1/15th when I really need it.

P67 not being a handheldable camera is an utter BS and a myth going on for some unknown reasons. It was originally designed to be a comfortible hand-holdable camera by its designers who first created Noritsu 6x6 if I remember correctly (hence the similarities with the Pentax 6x7 and it was vastly improved - all the P67 series are the best 6x7 SLR ever made if you ask me).

90+% of my P67 shots have been handheld so far and I love the camera to bits. Wish I could afford a P67ii though...

 

[Calzone]

67ii is VERY easy since it's more ergonomic camera. Older P67 and P6x7 needs some getting use to and good technique to hold it but I've managed fine. I can shoot hand-hold wideangles down to 1/30th or even to 1/15th when I really need it.

P67 not being a handheldable camera is an utter BS and a myth going on for some unknown reasons. It was originally designed to be a comfortible hand-holdable camera by its designers who first created Noritsu 6x6 if I remember correctly (hence the similarities with the Pentax 6x7 and it was vastly improved - all the P67 series are the best 6x7 SLR ever made if you ask me).

90+% of my P67 shots have been handheld so far and I love the camera to bits. Wish I could afford a P67ii though...

I agree. The Pentax 67II with grip is kinda heavy, but a heavy camera is a steady camera IMHO.

Also know that the AE prism for the 67II has metering that is amazing.

Cal

 

[tsiklonaut]

Some colour PMT scans from my 30+ years old P67 tschots:

Autumn by tsiklonaut, on Flickr











The Morning View by tsiklonaut, on Flickr











Over the Field by tsiklonaut, on Flickr











Butterfly by tsiklonaut, on Flickr













Valparaíso by tsiklonaut, on Flickr










Within Forest by tsiklonaut, on Flickr












European Southern Observatory (ESO) by tsiklonaut, on Flickr











Frozen landscape by tsiklonaut, on Flickr













Starrise by tsiklonaut, on Flickr











Alien Fields by tsiklonaut, on Flickr













Marathonist by tsiklonaut, on Flickr











Beach (LE) by tsiklonaut, on Flickr











Tanjung Aan beach by tsiklonaut, on Flickr











Tree of Ocean by tsiklonaut, on Flickr


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Margus

 

[Calzone]

WOW. Great work.

Cal

 

[hans voralberg]

Margus those are some of the most beautiful landscape I've ever seen! Great work.

 

[redisburning]

P67 not being a handheldable camera is an utter BS and a myth going on for some unknown reasons.

handholding and holding it with one hand aren't the same thing...

I was able to easily hold a 6x7 MLU with a 105 at 1/60th of a second but trying to just hold the camera with one hand without it braced against my body was impossible for more than a minute or two. maybe that seems like a silly thing to you but it's important to me.

 

[Balto]

Tsiklonaut all of those shots are breathtaking! Makes me want to pick up a pentax 67.

 

[MikeL]

Tsiklonaut, I love the ESO image. Super.

 

[divewizard]

The Film Strip U.S.A. Fountain - Culver City, California

The Film Strip U.S.A. Fountain - Culver City, California

The Film Strip U.S.A. Fountain - Culver City, California
This hperstereo 3D anaglyph requires RED (left) - Cyan (right) anaglyph glasses to view.
Dual Pentax 6x7s, 105mm, O(G), TMAX 100, NCPS dev+scan

©2013 Chris Grossman

 

[JChrome]

Can someone tell me if it's true That 6x7 bodies are more durable and easy to repair than 67 bodies??
I'm going to buy one of these and am wondering what is the best buy, both are in very good condition.

the 67 has more plastic parts. Has anyone had experience with these two machines and can help me??

Not sure where you heard this (can you share a link?). I have owned both and both seem to be the same weight. I never did a weight comparison this is just anectdotally but it seems like the buikd qualitg and mwterials is the exact same.

But back to the OP's question about street shooting... put it this way, you can do it but you've got to be patient and disciplined. I shoot street with my 67 and waist level viewfinder. I recommend the WLV for its reduced weight. The prisms add a very significant amount of heft.

I think the next question is what kind of street shooting you do. If you like the instant nature of joel meyerowitz you will never get that from these cameras. Just a concrete example, it takes my one hand probably 2.3 full twists of the focal ring to go from min focal distance to infinity (105 2.4 lens). My Nikkors can do the same with one twist. So bluntly put, the long focal throws slow you down.

But this is a critique of most medium format cameras. And the long focal throw is if course good in many respects. Other than that, theres not much else to slow you down aside from the normal things that come with a fully manual camera.

I have been thinking of switching to a mamiya 7 for my street shooting though. The lenses are higher quality I hear (not knocking the pentax lenses though, they are great). The benefit being the rangefinder design. BUT the pentax has the 105 2.4... which is a very fast lens for medium format (mamiya 7's max out at f4)... and this extra stop is incredibly useful.

any camera can be used for street photography but medium format ilwill always be tougher than 35mm.

I shot a lot of street with my 67 in Thailand. See below blog for recent posts. Cheers!

 

[filmfan]

Great shots!

 

[frequencies]

Some shots from last October in Seattle. Pentax 67, 105mm f/2.4, Portra 400.


Untitled by modulations, on Flickr


Untitled by modulations, on Flickr


Untitled by modulations, on Flickr

 

[maxwell1295]

Just picked up a 6x7 earlier this week. It came with the 105/2.5 and I just ordered the 165/2.8 from Adorama.


Grant 1 by alanabramsphotography, on Flickr

 

[TVR]

also brand new owner of the classic 6x7

also brand new owner of the classic 6x7


55mm
both photos Delta 100 dev D76, i can blame this section on the purchase

135mm

 

[huddy]

Just started scanning my first rolls from my P67 and 105/2.4 and all I can say is wow, what beautiful negatives and images. Now I need to get some better scanning holders and be rewarded with flat negatives when scanning:

P67+105/2.4+Portra 160