Pentax 67 Gas!

THey are excellent!
I've recently purchased an RB67 for myself, and I am trying to learn to live with it - I find it still difficult to adjust myself to that time-gap between raising the mirror and actual firing of the shutter, but this is no candid camera apparently.. I am only able to work on landscapes and sort of still-lifes as of yet.
And I wonder whether the Pentax is different in this matter.
 
andreios said:
THey are excellent!
I've recently purchased an RB67 for myself, and I am trying to learn to live with it - I find it still difficult to adjust myself to that time-gap between raising the mirror and actual firing of the shutter, but this is no candid camera apparently.. I am only able to work on landscapes and sort of still-lifes as of yet.
And I wonder whether the Pentax is different in this matter.
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The P67 lends itself to spontaneity more readily, as it's convenient to hand-hold like a scaled-up 35mm SLR. For better or worse, I've never raised the mirror manually in the 36 years I've been using them!
 
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Pentax 67, 75mm f/4.5
Kodak Portra 400
 
Damn this thread.......I hate you guys..........

Instead of paying my stupid bills with my tax return I ended up buying a 6x7!! Now need to find a cheap lens for it.
 
Johnnie's Pastrami, Culver City, California
105mm F/2.4, pro 800z, tripod, PCV scan
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Tito's Tacos, Culver City, California
55mm F/3.5, pro 800z, tripod, PCV scan
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Cinco de Mayo Tacos, Culver City, California
55mm F/3.5, pro 800z, tripod, PCV scan
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Filmstrip USA Fountain, Culver City, California
55mm F/3.5, pro 800z, tripod, PCV scan
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Filmstrip USA Fountain, Culver City, California
55mm F/3.5, pro 800z, tripod, PCV scan
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Filmstrip USA Fountain, Culver City, California
55mm F/3.5, pro 800z, tripod, PCV scan
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©2012 Chris Grossman
 
stompyq said:
Damn this thread.......I hate you guys..........

Instead of paying my stupid bills with my tax return I ended up buying a 6x7!! Now need to find a cheap lens for it.
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you might want to hound ebay for a deal on the 105.

that one has "the stuff", or at the very least the samples in this thread suggest that it does.
 
Got the camera. While I wait for a lens, what do you guys use to carry this monster with? meaning what camera strap?
 
I just use the factory strap, the black fabric one with PENTAX embroidered in red. It's a wider version of the strap for the 35mm size bodies. KEH should have them.
 
stompyq said:
Got the camera. While I wait for a lens, what do you guys use to carry this monster with? meaning what camera strap?
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I almost always use a monopod or tripod. I have a Kirk L bracket (yes it works great on the older Pentex 6x7s). I have an arca clamp on my monopod and tripod. When walking with the camera on the monpod I sling the hole thing over my shoulder.
 
I can't believe I started this thread then pretty well ignored my 67ii ... such irony!

Well the love affair continues ... I shot a couple of rolls of HP5+ a week or so ago taking some shots of a friend's new baby and it all came back to me. The 67ii is the best camera I own period, the 105mm f2.4 Takumar is the best portrait lens I've ever used ... and HP5+ is a beautiful film!


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Keith - Glad to see you getting back to real photography. :D

You have shown some really great photos from that camera. Keep it up.
 
jan normandale said:
Grain Elevator and rail cars on a siding. Pentax 67, 75mm, HP5+
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I quite like this, Jan. Nicely framed and the strong light creates wonderful contrast.

I must say that 6x7 is a wonderful aspect ratio for photography. I think this composition highlights that.
 
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