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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.

The firing of the shutter is entirely mechanical. The closure of the shutter is acted upon electronically. So this is a mechanical issue. One possiblity is that the lens isn't locking securely, so the angle where the lens is sitting it (in relationsip with the body) is not constant. Then...

On most camera equipment, you'll find screws hidden beneath leatherette. Peel all the leatherette (EDIT: i see they have given you pointers on where to peel -- you can also just peel enough to see screws) A good way to do it is to get a syringe with acetone, and apply a bit of acetone on the...

Sorry to rain on the parade, but the scans are too low resolution to be able to make a comment on lens quality, other than perhaps contrast.

Welcome Rachelle!! May you enjoy your time here, and may you never have to deal with lengthy "Bring Kodachrome back" threads!!

The Nikon SP is better built internally, and has a rock-solid shutter (basically the same shutter as the one in the Nikon F). A tank. But the lens choice will be limited. You're limited to the Nikon lenses, and in theory the Contax lenses (and Kiev RF russian lenses) will mechanically fit just...

I find such systems very useful (when you use direct flash). They are, in theory, more reliable than auto flashes or even than TTL off-the-film-plane flash systems. As for "it doesn't take account the reflector", well i do have a flash meter, i always meter the real GN of the flash i'm using...

The heat is on!

Ok, there aren't sample images here. However "resoluton charts" won't tell me the complete story about a lens. A lens should be judged by taking actual pictures and having them printed, or scanned with a very good scanner. There's a lot to be said about the quality of out of focus highlights...

Dear G.T. I understand your point regarding canon and olympus, and it's valid. However, the lenses on ALL those rangefinders aren't transplanted SLR lenses. They all take advantage of the shorter flange to film distance. Furthermore if you want a more compact lens you do take even more...

Not necessarily so. Today the market is very weird and the Retina is still under the radar.

I'm not sure. The body and back mechanisms interact through this pin. The camera needs to strike it when the shot is made, but the back, which also has a pin there, needs to make it stiff (or slack, i can't remember) until the frame is properly positioned. I'm a camera tech, btw. This is my...

I'm taking note, this is interesting... I thought Shanghai GP3 was coated in Chine, is this still not the case, then?

I didn't know there were two types. Interesting!!

If price is cheap, grab it!! Problem areas, as mentioned: Meter not working, prism desilvering. Also, most of the times it would require a routine CLA (clean lube adjust) so all speeds are accurate, and so that the top speeds expose uniformly and without curtain bounce. Meter non-working...

Dear GT, Which fixed lens rangefinders have you owned/used, which are not as good as the Minolta Hi-Matic 7S, in your view? I ask because i can think of some cameras that i'd consider better, for example the Kodak Retina IIIc.

How do you inspect the bellows? Are you sure you're inspecting them properly? I'll tell you how do I inspect them. I get into a very dark room and fire a flash (speedlight) inside the bellows. Any pinhole will be evident. Also i do the opposite, look inside the bellows pressing the bellows...

Camera tech here, and happy owner of a Pentax 67. I recommend you to assume the camera will require routine maintenance, now matter how good it looks or works. Ideally these cameras should be serviced frequently. An unserviced P67 or P6x7 can appear to work just fine, only to completely lock...

Something I should mention to @NortheastPhotographic , that I only figured out decades after starting on film photography... D76 can be used at full strength, 1:1 (diluted) or 1:3 (diluted even more). The fine grain qualities will be much more present when used at full strength. Using it...

Agree... Back in the "good old days of film" (for me, the early 2000s), when I worked as a concert photographer, often finding tungsten lighting and such, there were some people that said that I shouldn't bother with color correcting filters, that everything can be corrected when printing...