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This is amazing info!! Thanks!!! And it confirms my instinct, that the Kiev-4 rangefinders were the most reliable cameras to come from the CCCP/USSR. What I didn't expect, was the Kiev-88/Salyut cameras having such good reliablity numbers!

Note: D135 is "mirror retaining plate", as is D136 On the "improved" version of the camera (see below), this part is "modified to an elastic type fitted with cushions": Now, which is this "improved" version of the camera? From what I see, it's still the 6x7 non-MLU model. It's the very...

Most likely, some cam in the mechanism, not visible from within the mirror box. Hey, thank you very much, the foam i've installed made a slight improvement in vibrations, it seems.

Thanks for this info! Do you have the URL of the article? I can read it using a translator. Слава Україні!

I just added a bumper on the swing arm, inspired by your comment @itsdoable You can see it here, it's the small foam bumper on the pic. I'm not sure if there should be one there, though.

Yes, however, indoor at night, this shouldn't be a problem. The ambient light is 3 stops (or more) darker than a normal battery-powered speedlight (at 1/30). And i've seem some soundly done tests that show that 3 stops of difference is good enough to separate flash from ambient light, even with...

Yes, but, consider that sports were photographed with Speed Graphic cameras in the past... Many iconic sports pictures were done that way. Also, with the Rolleiflex (who incorporates a sports finder too). The famous Muhammad Ali shot by Neil Leifer was done with a Rolleiflex, probably using the...

Yes, and it also had an official marine housing, however... If Pentax really wanted it to be 'universal' or to have different applications, i don't understand why they only offered one (1) leaf shutter lens from ca. 1971 to ca.1980, and then they introduced the 165mm leaf shutter lens, but...

Hi dear friend, give me your house adress so I can rob it.

Note that there's a fisheye available for the P67 and (imo) is less difficult to find than the 37mm Mamiya-Sekor. Also, lenses are often faster due to lack of leaf shutter. I.e. 75/2.8, 105/2.4, 150/2.8, 165/2.8, 300/4, 400/4, 800/4 (lol, if you can afford it and carry it) 800mm f4 is...

No doubt about it. It's one of the most versatile cameras ever. But i mention that, as a field camera, I would recommend the Pentax over the RB67. And this is based on personal experience, i've owned both systems.

Hi, i'm a camera tech here and I service P67 cameras too. Which bumper are you referring to in the bold part? The only thing that resembles a bumper that i've seen for the cam rotation arm is the leaf spring that is beneath the mirror and that somehow should cushion the last degrees of rotation...

If you want to do landscapes and portraits, i guess the RB67 is ideal, at least for portraits (even more so for studio portraits), and the larger format would help for landscape, I guess. If you're only going to do portraits the C330 is an ideal machine, with the 105, 135 or 180mm lenses. I...

Hi Drew, Revisiting this thread because I need to rectiffy myself. I confess: I was wrong and writing BS. I since have bought back the Pentax 67 i sold. And i had much more time to evaluate the shake issues. I was wrong in saying the shutter was the culprit of shake. The shutter is remarkably...

Wow! Let's start a new thread!! I estimate it will reach 400 pages...

Check out post above. Note that the bronica ETR and SQ lenses use basically the same system so advice for those lenses is useful for the Grand Shooting system.