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Forum: Pentax Medium Format
04-20-2010, 06:17 PM
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I bought my first 6x7 in 1974 along with a 135 macro lens. I still have the camera and still love it. Since then I have bought 5 other 67 bodies and 18 lenses.
I lived 2 miles from the west coast Pentax rep and she would let me try all the lenses. What an evil lady! She had a tiger head shot of mine shot with a SMC 300 mm F4 that I had printed 30x40 in the Pentax booth late in the last century.
When I heard Pentax was stopping production on the medium format cameras I searched to find a 67II. I bought a really good used one from B-H and went out to shoot New York, Steam town, and of course my grand kids.
There are some really good upgrades on this camera. The viewfinder on the AE prism has the eye correction on it and you don't have to keep spare diopter lenses for it when your eyes change (they do as you get older you know) I think the viewfinder is brighter and/or easier to focus with all my lenses. I have not had a bad exposure yet with the AE prism and I just love the TTL flash.
I ran out and bought the 540 AF flash for it and love the low light capabilities. I used a 300 mm F4. telephoto in a jazz club to shoot a singer in really low light TTLwith great success. It is even better with macro work. My favorite trick is to put 400 ISO film in it and shoot the 400 mm ED-IF lens with animals and action. Like I said I am a serious amateur not a pro and I have not had a bad exposure yet!
I held off writing this until I bought a second 67II body with AE prism. I have loved my 6x7's and 67's over the years and still shoot my first one. But, after 35 years of them I am switching over to the newer 67II. It's that much better.
Easier to shoot and with the same Pentax quality. The things I used to worry about like exposure and focus are history.
Combine this camera with Velvia film and a tripod and hit the mirror lock up before you shoot and you will be amazed. Then get a 500 mb scan - you'll see.
Enjoy, FW
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