mamiya rb67? (question from a pentax 67 user)

epatsellis

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easiest way is to by a as-is RB from KEH, less than $45.00, unscrew the bellows and racks on the sides, slide forward, figure out the best way for you to rotate the lens cocking lever, based on your fab/cobbling skills, mount it on a lensboard with some machine screws and locking nuts or tapped holes (use self adhesive foamie gasket, <$1 for a 8x12" sheet from wally world) put your lens in MLU mode, cock to open/compose, close, load film, fire shutter. pretty simple once you play with a lens for 5 mins, it all make sense.


erie

(correction: as-is RB67 bodies on KEH range from $10 to $35)
 

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Pentax 67 lenses

I own the 55mm f4.0 SMC. It is the sharpest lens I've ever used. I recently tested it using gigabit film and could resolve 156 lp/mm on the Air Force charts.
 

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one thing that I wonder often, how does lpmm relate to image tonality and OOF smoothness, image sharpness is a give, naturally.


erie
 

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erie - how does one remove the bellows from the front standard?

I can't seem to work out how to do this while keeping the standard as complete as possible...

David.
 

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if you're not in a big rush, give me a week or so, still sorting out from the move, and I can post a pic of the front standard of a pro-s, with the holes hilighted. If you're impatient, fire the body, rack the standard all the way out, then remove the 4 or so screws holding the bellows to the body, remove front standard, then peek inside the bellows and remove the 8 or so screws holding the bellow onto the front standard (from memory)

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Well, I'm not particularly impatient but that description should be enough for me to work it out anyway...

Thank you,

David.
 
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