Pentax 67 photographers

I am interested in seeing photographs other photographers have

taken using the Pentax 67 and it various lenses. Also can any of

you give advice on avoiding camera shake at the slower range

even when the mirror lockup is used? Thanks for everyones

help.

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Every image but the "self portrait" was with a p67. lens length 35-300mm

 

Self portrait was with Yashica T-4

 

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looking at photos on the internet won't tell you a thing about any

camera or lens. Assuming you are using the camera on a tripod

and are using a cable release, once you lock up the mirror on

the P67 you'll haveno troubles with camera caused vibration in

the critical range of 1/30th> 1 second. Shorter than 1/60th and

the vibration isn't a problem either.<P>The P67 is a great

camera -- as long as you don't need a flash sync faster than

1/30th or interchangable backs.The Takumar lenses are

outstanding: They rival the Carl Zeiss lenses for the Rollei and

Hasselblad cameras, the Fujinon lenses for the Fuji

rangefindercameras and Mamiya's lenses for the Mamiya 7

rangefinder camera.

The P67 is a fine camera, but you must watch, in older models, for problems with the winding mechanism - gets quite weak with age. Optics are quite good (not really up to Zeiss quality but darn close) and are very affordable.

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He uses one along with a 35mm..

I think Pentax Annual books are beautiful sources of photographs taken using Pentax gear, several taken with P645 & P67, by professional owner or not:astonishing print.

With a adeguate tripod and head,MLU,release cable,a small bean/rice bag using long telephoto end you'll have no troubles,I think, in the critical range.

Pentax MF bodies end lenses allow PRO-performance,don't worry.

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Best regards,Massimo Bianchetti.

My only problem with the P67 is the loading, which is really a pain in the butt. Other than that, it's a great camera--slow and clunky, yes, but what do you expect from 6x7? The lenses are excellent and (for a change) reasonably priced. No problem with mirror vibration, a problem that I think is way overstated. My favorite lens is the 135mm f/4 SMC.

I wouldn´t agree with the P 67 lenses rivaling the ones for

Mamiya 7. I recently shot a roll with the Mamiya 7 II and the 43

mm wideangle (handheld) and compared the scans with the

results some former transparancies i made with the Pentax 67

and the 45 mm (also handheld). Whether it´s the lens or the

shutter/mirror shake of the P 67, the images from the Mamiya

were not just somewhat sharper, but very noticebly sharper than

the ones from the P 67. The prints i made from the scans with

the Epson 1270 got looks of disbelieve from anybody i showed

them. So now i´m using the Pentax 645 for macro, tight portraits

and tele shots and the Mamiya for everything else, i.e. most of

the time. I used times from 1/250 to 1/60 with both cameras. The

45 mm for the P 67 is a great lens, but you have to see the

results from the 43 mm Mamiya lens to see what is possible in

the 6x7 format. Also, you can go down to 1/15 sec. with the

Mamiya and 43 mm and still get very decent results without

using a tripod. The 43 mm lens doesnt´t have any barrel

distortion that i´ve noticed, though the 45 mm is not that bad

either and much better than the 35 mm for the Pentax 645 that

has lots of it.

Rusty, although fascinating, I've decided to check out of the P67 v Zeiss v Mamiya glass threads permanently on the grounds that I could better spend the time thinking of ideas for pictures. For the record the British Journal of Photography tested a range of the new lenses that appeared at the same time as the P67II and conclude they were well up to the best pro-standards. I have just compared under a quality 8x loupe some shots taken under reasonably identical conditions of the same subject with my P67/165LS and a (hired)503CXi/150 Sonnar and found it impossible to tell any difference at centre or edges of the field at 5.6 to 11. (don't use wider apertures)

Assuming an adequately stable tripod (my Uni-Loc is about 7.5lb)a key thing is the rigidity of the head, particularly in portrait mode. I had a Manfrotto 168 ballhead which was not up to the job and now have a manfrotto 029, which is; for shorter lenses I'm not sure you need to spend Arca-swiss money. Incidentally, with an ND filter and appropriate use of the aperture ring, you should be able to work round the 1/2 to 1/15 sec (alleged problem). I have recently made a sealed bag of sand to place on the camera but not had a chance to road test yet.