Steve, This question comes up quite often. I am reposting one of my recent replies. I believe it to be objective and points out the differences as I went through this process about 1 year ago.
If you compare the 67II to the 645nII (both current models), aside from the difference in negative, using a 67II is akin to using an LX sans winder. You have TTL flash, spot, center weighted, matrix metering, manual and AV modes. You wind the film yourself, set the DX code yourself. It feels like a nice, big, older style camera. The 645nII has AF, Program and TV, power winder, data imprinting, etc. It is much more like a ZX-5n like camera. So, to me, it is a big difference in style of handling and shooting. The 67II is more manual and the 645nII is more automatic and modern. Personally, I think it is great of Pentax to not try and make the only difference between the two be negative size. Before choosing a 67II myself, I must have gone into the store 12 times handling and working with both systems. I felt like in the end, that with the 645nII, I would have a very hard time justifying 35mm at all and with the 67II they were far more complementary systems. The big camera does some things much better and the 35mm does some things much better than the 67. With the automated 645nII, the lines between 35 & MF are much more blurred. Bruce Dayton Saturday, December 21, 2002, 8:52:50 PM, you wrote: SP> I'm still on the hunt for a Medium Format setup. I SP> would like to hear suggestions from the group. Which SP> format is best-645, 67? What about 6x6 (I don't think SP> Pentax makes one, but they're probably the least SP> expensive to start with). But, in terms of Pentax, SP> which format do you prefer and why? Is one better SP> than the other? SP> I look forward to your responses & thanks again in advance! --------------------------------------------- Introducing NetZero Long Distance 1st month Free! Sign up today at: www.netzerolongdistance.com
