AFAIK, p67 is used mostly in field. assuming this is so, now, if one decides to lug all that glass and metal with him (along with a big tripod), instead of 35mm gear, the reason must be (unless the person is out there to get some fitness excercise) to get the maximum quality on the film, short of carrying a view camera. are you suggesting that that same person would happily pack all the same weight and settle for, what? -- 16MPixel picture? when all they relly needed to do achieve the same result is to grab an MX with a couple of small primes and save a bundle on backpain medicine?
if i was the head of r&d department at pentax, i wouldn't lose any sleep over making digital backs for 6x7 (and even 645) bodies. at least, until there are 60MPix. chips anyway. best, mishka > > But the Pentax 67 can't take any backs, and the > > ones on the Pentax 645 are inserts, not full backs.