Pentax 67 Gas!

[RangerFinder]

Estonia on my all-time favourite b&w film - the little known Tri-X 320 Pan Professional (runs circles around the over-hyped Tri-X 400 IMHO):
Tracking through Haze by tsiklonaut, on Flickr
Before the Rise by tsiklonaut, on Flickr
Estonia by tsiklonaut, on Flickr

Beautiful shots! I don't think the film is neccesarily little known so much as it's unavailable - I'd love to be shooting it nonstop but all I can find are sets of 5 rolls here and there on forums or eBay.

 

[keechoon]

The more I use the more I am hooked onto this camera. Here's some on an abandoned motorcycle shot this morning with the SMC 55mm f4 and Tri-X.

 

[maxwell1295]

^^Superb!^^

Pete

Thank you!

 

[Moto-Uno]

^ Tsiklonaut, how is it that there appears to be colour in your txp320 ? Peter
Oh yeah,forgot to mention how much I like them!

 

[tsiklonaut]

Beautiful shots! I don't think the film is neccesarily little known so much as it's unavailable - I'd love to be shooting it nonstop but all I can find are sets of 5 rolls here and there on forums or eBay.

Thanks! Yes while you can find fresh 4x5 the 320TXP is gone for good in 120/220 format, rarely find and if you find it's an utterly expired one... Damn I miss those times when I could buy the mighty 320TXP in 220 rolls at VERY reasonable prices. I've bought some 400TX recently, really not that impressed and wonder where it gets it's hype from, the little and far less known brother 320TXProfessional just literally drowns 400TX almost in every department except a tiny little less speed, in comparison the 320TXP is somehow pictographically pleasing in a special way while the 400TX is just an average looking B&W film with nothing special about it. I'd kill for Kodak to bring back the 320 Tri-X in roll format!

Hell, I've recently even seriously been considering switching to 4x5" just for the fresh 320TXP! 🙂

^ Tsiklonaut, how is it that there appears to be colour in your txp320 ?

Noupe, drumscanned as a linear positive color image and inverted gives this speciefic color cast that's dependent on the negative material. That's my secret of toning, I mostly don't use digital toning during the post processing of B&W film.

 

[tsiklonaut]

One more from the series:

Wooden Road by tsiklonaut, on Flickr​

 

[johnaesthetica]

So, so many good photographs in this thread. I may have read through every page just now. Tsiklonaut, your images are especially stunning.

I just bought a 67II + a 105 2.4 this weekend after reluctantly parting ways with my beloved Mamiya 7. I never thought I'd sell that camera, but after a year of regular use, I never really connected with it the way I thought I would. It was my first rangefinder and even though I got the hang of it and made some of my favorite photographs ever with it, I found myself time and again wanting to get closer to what I was shooting, and wanting more DOF than f4 could provide.

So, the switch. I can't wait to run some celluloid through this thing.

 

[littleearth]

Dat Portra 800

 

[maxwell1295]

^^Beautiful^^

I love this camera....and the 105/2.4 might be the best lens I've ever used for portraits.

Full body, 3/4, headshot....it doesn't matter. It just kicks butt and takes names.


Pretty by alanabramsphotography, on Flickr


The Wang by alanabramsphotography, on Flickr


Jeff by alanabramsphotography, on Flickr

 

[maxwell1295]

....and one more for good measure.

 

[gilgsn]

Quick question for you guys. I have two, each with a meter prism. On one prism, the needle is up when off. The other one has it's needle down when off... Is this normal? Where is your meter needle when off?

Thanks,

Gil.

 

[Doug]

Quick question for you guys. I have two, each with a meter prism. On one prism, the needle is up when off. The other one has it's needle down when off... Is this normal? Where is your meter needle when off?

Thanks,

Gil.

Hi Gil -- I also have two... The older one (mid-1970s) that says "Honeywell" on the nameplate is up when off. The newer one that says "Pentax" on the nameplate is down when off.

Also, there's a difference in the meter on/off switches... The older one is a two-position switch where one position is off and the other is on. The newer one has a momentary-contact switch that is spring-loaded to rest in the center position, and moving it briefly one way switches on, and similarly the other way switches off.

Doug

 

[gilgsn]

Thanks Doug, I hope I didn't leave mine ON and it's draining the $12 battery right now at home 😱 I think it was off though. Good to know it isn't a flaw. I love that camera and I had to have a backup!

Gil.

 

[charjohncarter]

Pentax 6x7 105mm f2.4 lens: everyone around here is practically having a sexual experience talking about a Summicron or APO-S............ Why don't the many people in this thread talk about the 105mm. I have some of these 35mm haloed lenses, but the 105mm to me is so far better than anything I've ever seen. For me and my shooting nothing has every beat it. I've tried with my Super-Takumar 50mm f1.4 and I just can't.

 

[redisburning]

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the 105 is very special but it's not like anyone on this forum hides that they think so.

I do not think it is because it is a medium format lens either; I've had quite a few medium format normals and the 105 is easily the best and the only one that runs with the best 35mm lenses that I personally like for style (Olympus and Leica macros).

I sometimes think of things I'd like to do if I owned a company that made lenses. Remaking the f1 Noctilux with modern grinding would be my number 1 project, but putting a sufficiently corrected/powerful focal reducer on the 105/2.4 and having it as a 35mm lens would follow shortly afterwards. I suspect that such a lens on a D810 or the second gen A7r or whatever Canon's next megapixel monster would be extremely compelling.

 

[Doug]

The 105mm has been a very satisfactory normal lens for the 6x7, 67, and 67II, and IIRC it's a familiar optical arrangement similar to Planar lenses made for SLR use. Six elements in 5 groups, and I doubt there's been any material change since introduced as a SMC Takumar in 1969.

Fine as it is, there's been some progress in optics since then, and IMHO some newer Pentax lenses are a bit better. The two that come to mind right away are the f/4 100mm Macro and the f/2.8 75mm AL, both just brilliant performers. Pentax did a great job with their medium-format lenses.

 

[leicapixie]

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=90895

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=90895

Thanks Doug, I hope I didn't leave mine ON and it's draining the $12 battery right now at home 😱 I think it was off though. Good to know it isn't a flaw. I love that camera and I had to have a backup!

Gil.

I noticed on my Pentax Battery,think it was an EverReady.
It said "ASSEMBLED in Japan"

I opened the casing and discovered 4 watch batteries,
44 Silver Oxide.
Use the old housing, the contacts required for correct length.
Make your own!
The Pentax 67 needs fresh batteries!
Amazing lenses.
The photos shown here, a treat.

 

[bjolester]

The 105mm has been a very satisfactory normal lens for the 6x7, 67, and 67II, and IIRC it's a familiar optical arrangement similar to Planar lenses made for SLR use. Six elements in 5 groups, and I doubt there's been any material change since introduced as a SMC Takumar in 1969.

Fine as it is, there's been some progress in optics since then, and IMHO some newer Pentax lenses are a bit better. The two that come to mind right away are the f/4 100mm Macro and the f/2.8 75mm AL, both just brilliant performers. Pentax did a great job with their medium-format lenses.

I would also add the SMC 55-100mm f4.5 zoom to the list of brilliant performers for the Pentax 67 system. It is a remarkebly sharp lens, and is very usefull also for landscapes at rather "extreme" appertures like f32. If it had not been for the fact that it is weighs 1,2 kg, it would have been permanently stuck to my 67ii🙂

 

[jwatts]

Thanks Doug, I hope I didn't leave mine ON and it's draining the $12 battery right now at home 😱 I think it was off though. Good to know it isn't a flaw. I love that camera and I had to have a backup!

Gil.

The meter should power off on its own after about 15 seconds.

 

[Doug]

I would also add the SMC 55-100mm f4.5 zoom to the list of brilliant performers for the Pentax 67 system. It is a remarkebly sharp lens, and is very usefull also for landscapes at rather "extreme" appertures like f32. If it had not been for the fact that it is weighs 1,2 kg, it would have been permanently stuck to my 67ii🙂

Agreed... I've only used mine a couple of times, hardly enough to know it well. It's difficult for shoulder carry and hand-held use, due to the bulk and weight. But it should be great for landscapes on a tripod, something I don't do much.

Doug