BillBingham2
Registered User
Damn you...Damn you all!!!
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I was thinking the same thing. Perhaps not Hell, but Purgatory yall do not deserve to suffer for ever.
That 105 quite frankly seems to paint light that jumps off the page (read screen).
Any posts from the 45 and/or 55?
I mean after all, I might as well explode!
B2 (;->
charjohncarter
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I'm not sure what posts from the 45 and/or 55 means. As I've said I very much like my 55 F4:
Here are a couple with the 45mm at the Ballard Locks, Seattle, very shortly after I picked up this eBay purchase from the seller. Couldn't wait to try it out...
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charjohncarter
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I used to live close to those locks (Crightendon Locks??). When I went across the walk way that you show there was only one railing. You really held on to that one railing when you were 7. Nice shots.
Thanks! The locks on the Lake Union Ship Canal were named for Hiram Chittenden of the US Army Corps of Engineers. My cousin lives in Ballard, but my closest residence was in Northgate.
Here's an old one using my non-MLU 6x7 and early 55mm f/4 with Ektachrome 200
Black Rock at Kaanapali, Maui, November 1981.
Black Rock at Kaanapali, Maui, November 1981.
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Sikario
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Light, portable and quiet... are three words that have nothing to do with this camera, but I love my 6x7.
charjohncarter
Veteran
Sikario, 3D, 3D, 3D! Very nice.
Benjamin Marks
Veteran
You'll have to forgive the hyperbole to follow, but it is impossible to overstate the difference between what you see on screen with the (admittedly excellent) photos in this thread and the detail and richness of the negatives and prints possible with this camera. The internet is the great leveler in this respect, as there is little perceivable difference between the output of a 5mp digicam with a sensor the size of a lentil and the output of a Pentax 67, when presented here. A 6x7 cm B&W negative can capture a mind-boggling amount of detail over a tonal range that will leave gob-smacked HDR practitioners witless and crying for their mommas. Also, the shutter has a satisfying thunk. Consider a tripod for exposures lower than 1/60 with this bad boy and savor each exposure like an oenophile swilling the last drop of a vanishing, great vintage. My own lenses: 55/3.5, 90/2.8, 105/2.5 and 165/2.8. Personally, I hand meter. For macros=extension tubes.
CK Dexter Haven
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@Sikario:
Which lens(es) and film(s), please?
Actually, i probably shouldn't ask. I've owned Pentax 67IIs twice before, and am looking for any excuse to acquire another.... I prolly should try the Mamiya 7, though....
Which lens(es) and film(s), please?
Actually, i probably shouldn't ask. I've owned Pentax 67IIs twice before, and am looking for any excuse to acquire another.... I prolly should try the Mamiya 7, though....
Sikario
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All were taken with the 105mm f/2.4, it's the only lens I own for the 6x7.
From top to bottom the films used were Kodak E100GP, Kodak Ektar and Fuji Velvia 50.
From top to bottom the films used were Kodak E100GP, Kodak Ektar and Fuji Velvia 50.
Benjamin Marks
Veteran
I went through this arc. The Mamiya is a fine camera, but the lenses don't focus close enough for the kind of images I like. It is the antithesis of the P67, quiet where the Pentax is loud, hand-holdable where the P67 really wants a tripod. But I just kept wishing I could take a half-step forward all of the time. In the end, of all the cameras I have sold, I missed it the least.
Ben
david.elliott
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Awesome! Must have been one heck of a fun trip.
emraphoto
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the pentax 6x7 was a great machine. the one thing that i didn't jive with is that most of the time you have to hold the base of the lens with one hand (if shooting handheld) and all the lenses i tried had sloppy aperture rings. i am sure age had something to do with it and perhaps folks can offer up their experiences with it. maybe having the lenses cla'd or having a repair shop work some magic and sort that out.
the 105 was something to behold really. a lovely, lovely lens.
the 105 was something to behold really. a lovely, lovely lens.
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le vrai rdu
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I should get a 6x7 pretty soon
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
I should get a 6x7 pretty soon
So you'd be making regular vists to the gym in preparation?
I look forward to some pics!
I'm still a little overawed by mine ... but I'm coming to terms with it.
le vrai rdu
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it comes with a 55 and 90 mm plus metered prism
I will get then, in a few month (if I get the job I applied for) , a 135 macro i think
I will get then, in a few month (if I get the job I applied for) , a 135 macro i think
benlees
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That 105 sure looks nice! Where Pentax trumps the competition is the great lens selection- and for cheap. You can get a whole P67 kit for the cost of a Mamiya 7 50mm! Sometimes I regret getting a Mamiya 7 for this reason, but its ease of use is damn endearing!
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
I meant to add something here that I find interesting!
Sometimes when you get gas for a particular camera and start a thread as I did here and go through the motions of discussing it to death and absorbing all the opinions and adulation within the thread ... you get over it and move on ... the gas seems to disipate naturally and you suddenly realise that the last thing you really need is another camera for the collection that already contains cameras that don't get enough use! Well it never happened with the big Pentax ... the more I thought about it the more I wanted one.
The 67ii that I subsequently bought from 'barnwulf' is not a camera you use without having a plan in mind ... you don't casually pick up a 5lb (with lens) medium format SLR and wander off to take some pics ... it's not that sort of camera. Often though I will take it out of the cupboard and sit it on the desk in the evening and just stare in awe at it ... that part will never change!
I intend spending the day with it next week in the dry valley behind Brisbane where the old abandoned farms and bleached winter grasses are just begging to be photographed.
Sometimes when you get gas for a particular camera and start a thread as I did here and go through the motions of discussing it to death and absorbing all the opinions and adulation within the thread ... you get over it and move on ... the gas seems to disipate naturally and you suddenly realise that the last thing you really need is another camera for the collection that already contains cameras that don't get enough use! Well it never happened with the big Pentax ... the more I thought about it the more I wanted one.
The 67ii that I subsequently bought from 'barnwulf' is not a camera you use without having a plan in mind ... you don't casually pick up a 5lb (with lens) medium format SLR and wander off to take some pics ... it's not that sort of camera. Often though I will take it out of the cupboard and sit it on the desk in the evening and just stare in awe at it ... that part will never change!
I intend spending the day with it next week in the dry valley behind Brisbane where the old abandoned farms and bleached winter grasses are just begging to be photographed.
I should get a 6x7 pretty soon
I sense some excited anticipation! I hope you like it when it comes.