Whats dangerous??
Well, the fact that im borrowing a Mamiya RB67 from a friend and i might get attached to medium format photography…. Thats whats dangerous.
Its big and heavy and damn ugly, but when you look through that viewfinder its bloody terrific. They you ofcourse have the 120 film itself which i’ve always been wanting to try out. Nothing comes close to the quality of enlargements and fine detail from medium and large format film.
I dont know why im letting myself try this camera out. Its actually pretty stupid. I’ve been interested in the Pentax 67 for a while now, and i need another reason to spend more money like i need a hole in the head (ie. photography has already sucked enough money out of me).
so anyway, this is the camera. An RB67 “Pro-s” made between 1974-1990. It has the 120 film back, 2 lenses; 90mm f/3.8 and a 150mm f/4. Oh yeah, and no metered prism on this baby (an expensive optional extra).
I’ll give it a go in a couple of weeks. I have about 10 rolls of cheap 120 film i’ll try and burn though, then develop along side my regular 35mm film. Hopefully i get some half decent results.
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Congratulations! There is no going back now. For everyday type use, I suggest a beater Pentax 67 with or without the TTL meter. You won’t regret it for a moment and it “carries” really well when you are out and about.
Good luck!
Cheers John. I’ve been checking out some Pentax 67’s recently and have been thinking about getting a rough one from KEH as they’re super expensive in Australia. Do you shoot yours hand held much? What shutter speed does it start getting a bit blurry in your opinion? I’m just wondering if it’s more portable than the RB67 which is a eavy POS, but still managable.
I only shoot handheld, and the Mirror Up function helps with this. But for the most part, 1/125 was fine, and 1/90 is not too bad either. The Pentax is really quite easy (but heavy) to carry around like a normal 35mm camera. And compared to those huge DSLRs you see, I doubt that they are much larger.
If you really have some cash to throw around, a Mamiya 7 is great, too.