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Identifying a Pentax 6X7 or 67


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I bought an old Pentax 6X7 (or 67) body to augment my 67II. (It was a lot

cheaper than a film mag for an old Bronica.) The nomeclature on the face has

been rubbed off from use. It has a mirror lock-up function, a safety release

bitton and looks like a 67 in some other aspects, but I'd like to be sure.

Anyone have a good way to tell.

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As far as I know, the transition from 6x7 to 67 was just a name change in 1989, while small improvements continued to be made over the years. It might be possible to guess based on body serial number. I have a very late 6x7 with serial number 41806xx, so if yours has a lower number it's surely a 6x7 also. If the number is significantly higher it's probably a 67. My old non-MLU 6x7 has number 40563xx.

 

I don't know what happened to serial numbers of the 67II but they are apparently not in the same sequence, as I've seen both 30685xx and 55445xx

 

History time-line--

 

1969 Pentax 6x7 non-MLU introduced

 

1976 Pentax 6x7 MLU -- Improvements (film-plane, mirror-mechanics, shutter material), and number of exposures from 220 reduced from 21 to 20. The Pentax 6x7 MLU with serial# starting with 415#### is technically equivalent to the 67

 

1989 Pentax 67

 

1998 Pentax 67II.

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Oddly I just purchased a 6x7 that the seller posted as having a serial # of 6157xxx and it does not have MLU. Did all of the later numbers have MLU? I have not recieved it yet and knew from the pics he posted that it didn't but now amn wondering if something may be fishy.
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