Pentax 67 Gas!

Today I picked up a 55/3.5 lens with an accessory grip for $100, it's been well used, but the glass looks nice enough. I shot a roll of film yesterday, but haven't had the time to mix any chemicals, hopefully I'll be able to develop some film by the weekend.

The 55mm lens is small, but quite heavy compared to the 75mm lens. I found an Optech USA strap today which was equipped with metal clips. Unfortunately, the clips were made for smaller size studs, but I was able to modify them to work on the 67 by filing on them a bit. I like the Optech straps because they make carrying heavy cameras a bit more comfortable, and they are made in the USA (even in Japan I try to buy American).

With any luck, I hope to get out on Friday and do some shooting.
 
Taken with the 105 @2.4 and 1/500.
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Just picked up the 67 MLU with the 105mm by chance at a local camera shop for a bargain. Just shot my first roll and waiting for the negs to dry.
I love this camera, the viewfinder is amazing, huge and so easy to focus. The negs make my Leicas look like a point and shoot.
Expect pics soon!
 
Paddy C said:
Perfect. I assume you were focussing on her hands? Really spot-on DoF here. You managed to get her face in focus just before everything else falls away.
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Thanks Paddy!!

Ummmm...
I was actually focusing on her eyes.

Focusing the 67 has been difficult for me. The viewfinder of the Metered Prism is a bit dark and I find the image in the viewfinder does not change dramatically from not in focus to in focus. So I spend a lot of time going back and forth wondering I am focused or not, I take my best guess and press the shutter.

I have shot less than 10 rolls through this camera so I am hoping that my focusing skills will increase with time and more rolls.
 
j.scooter said:
Thanks Paddy!!

Ummmm...
I was actually focusing on her eyes.

Focusing the 67 has been difficult for me. The viewfinder of the Metered Prism is a bit dark and I find the image in the viewfinder does not change dramatically from not in focus to in focus. So I spend a lot of time going back and forth wondering I am focused or not, I take my best guess and press the shutter.
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Well it worked!

I have also found focusing difficult. My 67II has the split-image screen while my 67 has the microprism screen. The view through the 67II prism is so much better, but yet I find it more difficult to focus than the microprism in the 67.
 
I got mine on Craigslist.com in NYC, where I live. I got an excellent condition 67, non-metered (I hand meter everything) with a 200mm F4, 105mm F2.4, and 55mm F4 along with a waist level finder, hoods, and some other things for $650. Yes it was a steal, no it is not impossible to find a deal like that. It is one of my favorite cameras, and I have many. I find that when I shoot something that means a lot to me, I get out the 67. The 105mm F2.4 lens is magical when shot wide open. The 55mm is very sharp, and I haven't used the 200mm enough to form an opinion but it seems promising.

I wanted something to replace my ETRS which handled faster and was more conducive to shooting portraits. The 67 handles brilliantly, and I have used it to shoot portraits as well as do street shooting.


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Pentax 67 with 105mm F2.4, Fujichrome.

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Another with the 105mm F2.4

You can view many more 67 images on my website

www.BrianAch.com

under "Remember Film?"
 
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chrishayton said:
I Love this format and the 105mm lens is perfect.
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Wonderful 3D quality to these images.

achman said:
I wanted something to replace my ETRS which handled faster and was more conducive to shooting portraits. The 67 handles brilliantly, and I have used it to shoot portraits as well as do street shooting.

Pentax 67 with 105mm F2.4, Fujichrome.

Another with the 105mm F2.4
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Really nice portrait and street shot. Interesting seeing them both together, they are almost exact opposites.

Here is another one of mine with the 105 2.4
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This is from the first few non-test rolls I've put through my recently acquired 6x7. I only have one lens so far, an older SMC Takumar 75mm f/4.5, and while sometimes I'd really like something a little longer, it's an outstanding lens for walking around if you can only take one lens with you.

Kodak Ektar 100

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Ilford FP4+

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MacLaine, those are great. We all GAS for more lenses, the quality is so great with these lenses that you can take a photo of an Alfa beater or a silo and still have a winner, nice job.
 
The Point Arena Lighthouse, Mendocino County, California
Pentax 6x7, Super-Takumar/6x7 150mm f/2.8, Fujichrome Astia 100 (220), Skylight 1B filter, tripod, PCV scan

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©2011 Chris Grossman
 
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divewizard said:
The Point Arena Lighthouse, Mendocino County, California
Pentax 6x7, Super-Takumar/6x7 150mm f/2.8, Fujichrome Astia 100 (220), Skylight 1B filter, tripod, PCV scan
click on the picture for a larger version
©2011 Chris Grossman
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Great picture, Chris. I've been debating the next focal length to get, and I want something longer. How do you like the 150mm? I can see some vignetting and a tiny bit of barrel distortion perhaps, but neither is offensive to my eye.

Great scan, too. I hate scanning color slides so much, and I've been debating sending off my last few rolls of developed but unscanned Kodachrome to Precision and let them deal with it. The stuff I've seen from them posted on RFF certainly makes a convincing argument.
 
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