Congrats, James. I had one for a week, once. Decided I didn't "need" it.
It's Sooo nice. It's high quality craftsmanship, I'd say. Beautiful piece of
toy, sorry tool.
I'd rather have a 645 because of the possible re-use of my Zeiss/Schneider
lenses for my Pentacons. I'm biddig for one at ebay occat
On Oct 23, 2006, at 9:29 PM, J and K Messervy wrote:
> The meter needle in the prism has not moved when I've turned it on
> and fiddled with it. I'm hoping
> that it only works with a lens attached.
You are correct - it does require a lens to be attached.
If you remove the viewfinder you'll s
On Oct 23, 2006, at 5:15 PM, William Robb wrote:
> When I bought my 6x7 it was sight unseen as well.
I bought mine so I'd have a use for the 45mm lens that was attached
to it.
It took me a while to sell the RB67 kit afterwards. I still miss
that body, despite its weight. If only it took Pe
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> Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 9:49 PM
> Subject: Re: My 67 has arrived, first impressions
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>> Quoting J and K Messervy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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>>> First impressionit's enormous! I've loaded some film and it
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From: "David J Brooks"
Subject: Re: My 67 has arrived, first impressions
> Look at the bottom of the camera, you'll see a compartment for a samll
> battery. You'll need one for the meter.
> I don't usually use the meter on board,
The camera has a battery in it and the battery is ok, according to the test
lamp. Certainly the shutter fires ok.
James
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Quoting J and K Messervy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> First impressionit's enormous! I've loaded some film and it wasn't
> particularly tricky.
>
> The metered prism is a little loose on it's mounting, on close inspection,
> the foam around the prism is almost gone...I hope that doesn't affect the
I think you're in for a pleasant surprise! Congratulations... I got quite
fond of my old non-MLU 6x7 I got used in '76, so much so it gained three
siblings...:D It handles well, and that big negative really makes a
difference.
Have fun!
Mi Doug
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I got the later 67 with MLU and metered prism.
Quoting William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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> Subject: Re: My 67 has arrived
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> Which version of the camera did you get?
> is it the 6x7 o
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Which version of the camera did you get?
is it the 6x7 or the 67?
Did you get the meter prism?
William Robb
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Quoting William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: My 67 has arrived
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> > I'm like a kid on Christmas Eve! My wife has rung me at work to
> say
> > my Pentax 67
> > has arrived from the US. Now I'm stuck at work for 3 more ho
If you've never seen one, be prepared for a big hulking monster of a
camera! An amazing piece off work, actually. Enjoy.
Stan
On Oct 23, 2006, at 12:03 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm like a kid on Christmas Eve! My wife has rung me at work to say
> my Pentax 67
> has arrived from the US.
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Subject: My 67 has arrived
> I'm like a kid on Christmas Eve! My wife has rung me at work to say
> my Pentax 67
> has arrived from the US. Now I'm stuck at work for 3 more hours
> before I can go
> home and play with it! I've never see
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