Almost bought a DSLR today. Instead...

[Shawn Rahman]

bought a Pentax 67 kit! I am so excited, I can hardly wait until it arrives!

I have a great Mamiya 645 Pro TL kit, and was looking to print bigger. Thought about a mega-megapixel DSLR for about a day and a half, and then saw this great, used Pentax 67 setup and couldn't resist.

Hope to join the chorus of folks on APUG who love 6x7 within the next few days! I never would have bought this if I wasn't part of APUG. Thank you all.

[Ektagraphic]

Awesome!! Much better chose than DSLR!!!!!!!!

[MattKing]

Have fun with your 6x7 negatives. They are great to print from, and they make contact sheets really useful.

Is that big negative the reason that you posted this in the "Plate Cameras" forum ?

Matt

[John Wiegerink]

Shawn,
What did you get for a lens or lenses? I have had a very nice Pentax 67 outfit for a number of years. I, too, have a nice Mamiya M645 1000s outfit and a Hasselblad system. Plus, I have Rollei and Yashica TLR's. From my experience the Pentax glass is as good as anything out there and the 6x7 negative/chrome is a site to behold. It's a tad heavier than the Mamiya, but still pretty portable. Did yours come with the wooden grip? JohnW

[Shawn Rahman]

Have fun with your 6x7 negatives. They are great to print from, and they make contact sheets really useful.

Is that big negative the reason that you posted this in the "Plate Cameras" forum ?

Matt

I was so excited to post this that I had no idea I was in the Plate Camera section. Yes, Matt, I am excited about the huge negative!

[Shawn Rahman]

Shawn,
What did you get for a lens or lenses? I have had a very nice Pentax 67 outfit for a number of years. I, too, have a nice Mamiya M645 1000s outfit and a Hasselblad system. Plus, I have Rollei and Yashica TLR's. From my experience the Pentax glass is as good as anything out there and the 6x7 negative/chrome is a site to behold. It's a tad heavier than the Mamiya, but still pretty portable. Did yours come with the wooden grip? JohnW

John: The kit I bought was with the 165 portrait lens. I am probably going to buy a 90 and something wider soon, and also the wooden handle because I like handholding my cameras.

I have seen a friend's 6x7 chromes made with a Plaubel Makina and a Nikkor lens, and they blew me away. I hope the Pentax glass equals those results.

[Hikingman]

You didn't, you did? Whoa, great!

[BobD]

... and also the wooden handle because I like handholding my cameras.

I have the wooden handle for my P67 but, for me, it's not really something
I use for hand-holding while shooting. It's more like a handle for carrying
or for tripod use. It doesn't add anything for hand-held shooting for me.
I find the camera is fine for hand-holding without the handle, like a big
Spotmatic. A strap is nice though and does help when hand-holding.

[John Wiegerink]

Bob is right in that you can hand-hold the camera fine without the handle, but it sure makes it easier to carry around. When I first got mine I bought a nice foam neck strap. Well, unless you want to have surgery on your neck you best forget the neck strap. It's almost like tying a cement block around your neck. As for lenses? Since you have the 165mm you might want to look at the 75mm f4.5 as a very cheap second lens. I bought one used from Henry's in Toronto for around $50.00 and it's one of my sharpest lenses for the Pentax and I have six lenses. If you really want to see what this outfit will do a good tripod is almost a must. You can still handhold and get good results, but for a serious landscape a tripod is worth its weight in gold. Have fun! JohnW

[domaz]

Pentax 6x7 is the best MF system around. Seek the 90mm 2.8 lenses- it's the lightest lens available for the system and a great walk-around lens. It's also a more recent lens so no worries about getting an old version that may not have the newest coatings or be on it's way out.