Pentax 67 Gas!

[Argenticien]

If this thread isn't enough to make you want to buy a Pentax, then watch this (camera) pornographic video featuring the 67. Wow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOvTsya2r3Q

I've been away from this thread for awhile, and out shooting my Bronica S2 to remind myself that I don't need a 67. (As if that will ward off GAS forever.) That video is pornographic and seems designed to incite 67 lust! Just like actual porn, it glosses over some of the messier parts of the process and gives the impression the participants can go all night over and over again. 🙂 That is, he skips the sometimes-troublesome step of getting the backing paper leader engaged in the take-up spool and cuts straight to easy winding on to line up the start mark. Then he machine-guns 4 frames in 13 seconds. That seems like what not to do with a 67 or any other camera that guzzles MF film, unless you're rich, your favorite emulsion is still made in 220 , and/or you like spending a lot of time reloading. (He loaded 120.)

--Dave

 

[TVR]

i have a couple of bronica`s the ECTL and two ETR and ETRSi and the 6x7 dont dismiss the old bronnies even the old Nikkor lenses on the ECTL and S2 are good have their own look

 

[Keith]

I've been away from this thread for awhile, and out shooting my Bronica S2 to remind myself that I don't need a 67. (As if that will ward off GAS forever.) That video is pornographic and seems designed to incite 67 lust! Just like actual porn, it glosses over some of the messier parts of the process and gives the impression the participants can go all night over and over again. 🙂 That is, he skips the sometimes-troublesome step of getting the backing paper leader engaged in the take-up spool and cuts straight to easy winding on to line up the start mark. Then he machine-guns 4 frames in 13 seconds. That seems like what not to do with a 67 or any other camera that guzzles MF film, unless you're rich, your favorite emulsion is still made in 220 , and/or you like spending a lot of time reloading. (He loaded 120.)

--Dave

And what's with the 'snick' of the shutter ... that can't be right. The shutter sound of the 67 normally frightens children and causes flocks of birds to fly into the air! 😀

 

[benji77]

Superb shot.

Pentax 6x7 + 105/2.4 + Tri-X


Big Kenny by alanabramsphotography, on Flickr

 

[charjohncarter]

I agree!!!!

 

[bjolester]

Pentax 67ii + SMC 55-100mm (probably both taken @ f32) + Kodak Ektar 100


Boathouse by the Åsenfjorden by bjolester, on Flickr


White House Sunset by bjolester, on Flickr​

 

[venchka]

No matter how many photos I see from the Pentax Beast, they just get better & better.
Bjorn,
Sublime! Thanks for sharing.

Wayne

 

[maxwell1295]

Braving the Elements by alanabramsphotography, on Flickr

 

[charjohncarter]

No matter how many photos I see from the Pentax Beast, they just get better & better.
Bjorn,
Sublime! Thanks for sharing.

Wayne

I know I just never miss with mine. Sometimes I think I need to spend more time at the gym so I can use my 6X7 Pentax more.

 

[bjolester]

Pentax 67ii + SMC 55-100mm f4.5 + Kodak Ektar 100


Winter Sunset by bjolester, on Flickr​

 

[Mystyler]

Scanned with an E-5...! 6x7 with 105mm f/2.4 on 400X.

 

[tsiklonaut]

Dili-Manatuto road by tsiklonaut, on Flickr











Cart fun by tsiklonaut, on Flickr












Cambodian boatsman by tsiklonaut, on Flickr​

 

[Shab]

bjolester, great atmosphere and great colors in your photos!

tsiklonaut, love your chrome photos, really great!

I don't have Pentax 67, I'm a Bronica user, but it is great to enter to this post. Thank you for sharing your photographs!

 

[taemo]

img978 by earl.dieta, on Flickr

 

[crosseyed-cricket]

Nice rig David,

Pentax lenses are good but just wish you attached the proper P67 camera on the other end of that lens instead of a common CCD 😉

Maybe someday....for now I just have my Hasselblad for MF film. 😀

Still, I find satisfaction in blending the old and the new and thought folks might like to see some possibilities with this gear.

James Comier has among the finest astroworks on film I've seen, he uses Pentax 67 with various lenses. Shoots both color and b&w film.

Margus

Thanks for sharing James' images...he does wonderful work!

 

[stompyq]

 

[bjolester]

Pentax 67ii + SMC55-100mm f4.5 + Kodak Ektar 100

Pavilion and Yellow House by bjolester, on Flickr​

 

[Shab]

great contrast: the snow and the clouds... and there the yellow. Love it!

 

[stompyq]

Pentax 67ii + SMC55-100mm f4.5 + Kodak Ektar 100
Pavilion and Yellow House by bjolester, on Flickr

Regards
Bjørn

Thats beautiful Bjørn

 

[bjolester]

Thank you Shab and Stompyq! Much appreciated.

Regards
Bjørn