P67---Action Rig??!

I've recently been experimenting with some tanning developers and to

finish a roll of 220 HP5+ in one of my P67 bodies, I mounted a 200 and

set off with the rig mounted on a monopod. The shots were of my son's

high school soccer team playing a match. I was surprised at how

decently the Pentax handled the project. I don't recall seeing much

written on applying the P67's to this sort of duty. I loaded up some

more for a game a few days later and had a decent amount of things to

develop. The pictures printed beautifully and I was able to control

the harsh highlights with the compensating effects of the Exactol Lux

developer I was experimenting with, too.

The whole exercise was sort of a lark and a nice surprise to have turn

out so well. Being able to print 8X10 and 11X14 action shots that

show the threads in the players' uniforms was extremely gratifying!

Perhaps I've got a skewed perception of the P67 doing mainly MLU

tripod mounted duty, but it was quite capable for this fast moving

action and I'll continue to use it this way.

I've taken similar shots with excellent results. The only real difficulty I found was getting and keeping the subject in focus otherwise no drama.

Cheers