RB67 - where do you use this camera mostly?

[rayonline_nz]

I have some outdated slide film kept in the freezer and have been trying to use it up. As someone who lives in a city but not north america there isn't that much I have not already photographed. I did go to the CBD center at the waterfront beach and because it is still late summer now quite a bit of people and their like of showing off to their friends, the light was pretty average too. I didn't even load my film backs. Also the limited dynamic range of slide film.

Where do you guys use the RB67?


Cheers

 

[David Brown]

Wherever good photographs can be made.

 

[Jim70]

I have a RB67 and use it mostly for landscapes. I'm interested in trying it for some macro shots, I'll need to rig up some extension tubes forst.

 

[John Koehrer]

It's funny that there's nothing to photograph where you are. Funny because others that find nothing in their region can visit you & find a lot.
It's just monotony & a change of scenery can do a lot of good for you. city? Go to the countryside, even a new to you state park.
I'm west of Chicago & bored out of my mind but some older towns or (where I'm at) tiny towns with barely a post office but maybe
a paddock or pasture. Portraits of something you don't see on a daily basis. When younger Lake Michigan or Northwestern
campus was something to regain a bit of interest.
Steiglitz did a series of cloud pictures he called equivalents, Weston liked near landscape, Adams was the grand landscape guy.
Visit a city and don't get mugged. Running shoes are a good idea.

 

[MattKing]

The RB67 is great for closeups - even using slide film:

 

[rayonline_nz]

I guess for me is I am looking for that great sunset that doesn't happen all too often and an image that's not so much "another same old" or just another scene or another building ... And a structure or a location that I have not captured before.

I find with a RB67 going to a busy city a bit awkward. People are rowdy, they are loud, they wanna party, the occasional young person might jump in front of your camera and do their antics.... Esp around the New Years period or if they city has a festival or a night market, a sports match or some concerts.

 

[jvo]

as a "north american" i'm guilty of the pictures "are somewhere else" syndrome, too.

 

[Theo Sulphate]

All of my RB67 photos have been in the city or suburbs - all handheld (I dislike carrying paraphernalia). I just walk around with the camera and my one selected lens and eventually I see something to photograph.

 

[Michael Firstlight]

Two complete RB67 systems sitting on the shelf and in cases...mostly using my Pentax 67II and Toyo 45AII these days.

 

[Mick Fagan]

I was in Wellington two weeks ago, I can see your problem, but the reality is that all of us do feel that there is nothing new locally. I of course, was seeing it with fresh eyes and saw many possibilities for my view camera; which I don't have with me.

Your camera has some very strong points, one of them is close focusing with that wonderful bellows. This can be good for detail work; think nuts and bolts on structures if surounded by man made stuff, and so on.

I do have a question for you, where is the actual beach, I didn't see any sand, black or white?

I'll be back there this Saturday, flying home for dinner on Sunday. So if there is any sand, I could have a go at finding it.

I thought people jumping into the water alongside the Free Ambulance Station right on the waterfront, was spectacular.

If you have drab lighting, one thing that may be possible with reversal film is to push it maybe 1/3 of a stop when developing to lift the highlights and bump the contrast. This was often done in studios for bumping an image when doing product photography.

Mick.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

I shoot the same stuff with it as i do with my LF camera... And love it. It's a very competent system.

 

[rayonline_nz]

I do have a question for you, where is the actual beach, I didn't see any sand, black or white?

I'll be back there this Saturday, flying home for dinner on Sunday. So if there is any sand, I could have a go at finding it.

I thought people jumping into the water alongside the Free Ambulance Station right on the waterfront, was spectacular.


Mick.

Yep but I avoid action with a manual focus RB67

Regarding beaches. I am not sure how white is white. Just around the museum over to the other side from the Free Ambulance Station - where the yachts and boats are and the houses on the hills - "called Oriental Parade" where we have the water fountain on the beach water. Other local beaches would be like Lyall Bay, Island Bay, maybe around where you get a bit more rocks and shrubs - Moa Point. There is also Petone Beach. If you wanna catch the sunset looking west maybe Titahi Bay and Plimmerton Beach.

Wellington isn't that grand looking. A number of my images from the South Island and that is what is marketed to tourists but don't get down there very often...

Edit. B/w film I find is easier to use. Color slides are more difficult and I try not to use it in the midday esp with Fuji Velvia. My go to film is Velvia but that is slowly changing lately so something more versatile like b/w and c41 type film or even Fuji Provia / Kodak Ektachrome.

 

[Arklatexian]

It's funny that there's nothing to photograph where you are. Funny because others that find nothing in their region can visit you & find a lot.
It's just monotony & a change of scenery can do a lot of good for you. city? Go to the countryside, even a new to you state park.
I'm west of Chicago & bored out of my mind but some older towns or (where I'm at) tiny towns with barely a post office but maybe
a paddock or pasture. Portraits of something you don't see on a daily basis. When younger Lake Michigan or Northwestern
campus was something to regain a bit of interest.
Steiglitz did a series of cloud pictures he called equivalents, Weston liked near landscape, Adams was the grand landscape guy.
Visit a city and don't get mugged. Running shoes are a good idea.

John, I, in order to start an argument at our local camera club, would make the statement that "there are no pictures within a hundred mile radius of where they met". That always caused a furor. I must admit that pictures seem to be easier to find one hundred plus miles from here though some of my best work has been taken in my back yard. Macro, leaf patterns, etc. Like "gold", pictures are where you find them. Must admit though that places like New Mexico, West Texas, Aridzona, abound in picture opportunities.......Regards!

 

[Mick Fagan]

Yep but I avoid action with a manual focus RB67

Regarding beaches. I am not sure how white is white. Just around the museum over to the other side from the Free Ambulance Station - where the yachts and boats are and the houses on the hills - "called Oriental Parade" where we have the water fountain on the beach water. Other local beaches would be like Lyall Bay, Island Bay, maybe around where you get a bit more rocks and shrubs - Moa Point. There is also Petone Beach. If you wanna catch the sunset looking west maybe Titahi Bay and Plimmerton Beach.

Wellington isn't that grand looking. A number of my images from the South Island and that is what is marketed to tourists but don't get down there very often...

Edit. B/w film I find is easier to use. Color slides are more difficult and I try not to use it in the midday esp with Fuji Velvia. My go to film is Velvia but that is slowly changing lately so something more versatile like b/w and c41 type film or even Fuji Provia / Kodak Ektachrome.

Thanks for that, we walked around that area a bit, including watching locals drop into the water, didn't see any sand. I would have used my Shen hao 4x5" camera with a 250mm lens from the sea end and tripped the shutter as they dropped. I've shot horse racing with the 250mm lens on that camera as the first group came around the bend at a horse racing track; worked a real lot better than I thought. Also shot some runners in the city doing a fun run with the 4x5" camera tripod mounted standing on the tray of my ute. Some action photography can work very well with a static camera.

Yesterday I finally got a shot of something I have tried to get since shortly after arriving in New Zealand; someone doing something wearing gum boots. The amount of people in this country wearing gum boots is quite amazing; we've seen them in supermarkets, coming out of a doctor's surgery, walking dogs (makes sense that one) kids on trampolines and so on. The picture in question was taken from a static position and required the person cutting grass with a whipper snipper to swing in and out of the frame. A correct click should see me right, I'll know after a session in the darkroom and an inspection of the negatives.

Mick.

 

[rayonline_nz]

The city sand place is Oriental Bay - google "Freyberg Pool Wellington". It is right over at the other side towards Courtenay Place (Embassy Movie Theater), continue walking around the bay it is passed the large city New World supermarket.

 

[John51]

Strangers have different eyeballs than the locals. Where we live is still new to them.

I can't really justify owning an RB67 yet as I don't shoot much film. That doesn't stop me wanting an RB67 though. Right now, it would just be something to fondle so I need to get out there and shoot some film.

I've started going out with a Kodak Signet 35. Any snaps I take are just that, snaps. Review the Signet snaps with a view to returning with the Medalist.

I could go out exploring with the Medalist first but it isn't the most user friendly camera in the world. I prefer to have an idea of what I'm going to shoot with it before leaving the house.

Once I'm getting the Medalist regular work, I'll start taking the OM + lenses out. Shouldn't take too many rolls to convince me that I really do need an RB67 system.

 

[cb1]

I take my RB67 everywhere. to work (airport), to my friends farm, to the city.

 

[WilmarcoImaging]

There is no place an RB67 cannot be used. From reading the OP's comments, it seems like inspiration is what is needed, more than a discussion of when or where a camera or film can be used.

Nature


Still life


Night/architecture


Landscape


Portrait

 

[narsuitus]

Where do you guys use the RB67?

1. When I do not feel like carrying my larger and heavier 4x5 inch large format camera, I use my RB67.

2. When I need better image quality than my 35mm small format camera can deliver, I use my RB67.

3. When I am shooting landscapes, I use the RB67 with 50 and 90mm lenses.

4. When I am shooting individual portraits, I use the RB67 with 140, 150, 180, or 250mm lenses.

5. When shooting macro, I use the RB67 with 140mm macro lens and 45mm extension tube.

6. When shooting night sports, I use the RB67 with flash, pistol grip, and prism finder.

7. When shooting film weddings, I use the RB67 with 50, 90, and 180mm lenses.

8. When shooting full-length portraits, I use the RB67 with 90mm lens and waist level finder.

9. When shooting large group portraits, I use the RB67 with 50mm lens.

10. I use my RB67 50% in studio and 50% in field.

11. I use my RB67 50% on tripod or some other support and 50% hand held.

12. When I shoot architecture but do not need view camera movements, I use my RB67.

13. When I need to get away from automatic/electronic cameras, I use my manual/mechanical RB67.


Mamiya RB67 Kit by Narsuitus, on Flickr

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

That's a nice case. Who makes it?

 

[Alan Edward Klein]

I use my RB67 for landscape mainly in Velvia and BW Tmax. I used it for portraits as well but not lately. Some shots are local some are far away. There's plenty to shoot when the light is right. Even in New Jersey where I live.
https://www.flickr.com/search/?sort...h=1&tags=rb67&user_id=55760757@N05&view_all=1

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

As someone who lives in a city but not north america there isn't that much I have not already photographed.

You could take the RB out to the 99.9% of New Zealand, North and South Islands that you have not photographed. What's the hold-up?? Go on a week-long fling around the Southern Alps, or the top of the Northland. Even slide film will love the outing (used properly!).

BTW, it is mid-autumn in New Zealand, the same as in Australia.

 

[narsuitus]

That's a nice case. Who makes it?

I do not know. I bought it used at a yard sale.
There is no name on the case.
There may have been a name on the handle but it looks like a portion of the handle is missing.

 

[Neil Poulsen]

On a tripod.

Beyond that, it's a very versatile camera; it can be used for many applications.

 

[MattKing]

In the forests, with a monopod, earlier this week.