Walking around with the "Big One" - Mamiya Rb 67

Theo Sulphate · Oct 24, 2016

dugrant153 said:
... The Pentax 67 is like holding down a bucking horse with your fist. The Mamiya RB67 is like trying to hold a cat but it just meows when you press the shutter.

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I like the imagery, but better make sure you don't have a cat in there - my RB67 just makes a soft "thwump" sound.

... I use a technique involving holding my breath as I press the shutter button.

For me, with a 90mm or 140mm lens, I just trip the shutter at the end of exhaling - like when shooting a rifle.

dugrant153 · Oct 25, 2016

Theo Sulphate said:
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I like the imagery, but better make sure you don't have a cat in there - my RB67 just makes a soft "thwump" sound

For me, with a 90mm or 140mm lens, I just trip the shutter at the end of exhaling - like when shooting a rifle.

Interesting. I always thought it was when you hold your breath.

I'm quite sure there is no cat in my RB67... but with the prism finder attached, sometimes I wonder if one has managed to attach itself to my camera without me somehow knowing, hence the weight...

DcAnalogue · Oct 29, 2016

EDIT: new post added with second roll (Trix in HC110 [H])

benjiboy · Oct 31, 2016

I think I could carry around a Hasselblad V and a couple of lenses around at a pich but I wouldn't want to do the same with an RB 67, and I don't think that's what they were intended for to me they're a studio camera that are gentle giants when used indoors on a tripod.

DcAnalogue · Nov 1, 2016

benjiboy said:
I think I could carry around a Hasselblad V and a couple of lenses around at a pich but I wouldn't want to do the same with an RB 67, and I don't think that's what they were intended for to me they're a studio camera that are gentle giants when used indoors on a tripod.

Don't fully agree, as people carry around big sheet film cameras, especially for landscape photography.
Of course the Hassie is more handy and lightweight but is not one Kg more that can stop using the Rb on the field....

Theo Sulphate · Nov 1, 2016

Regardless of size, 35mm or medium format, I carry around just one body with attached lens. With the RB67 in particular I've had the 140mm or 90mm mounted while walking around.

Actually there has been one exception: my Pentax Auto 110 SLR. With its 24mm normal lens mounted plus the 18mm wide and 50mm tele in a small case, I can carry a complete system.

marcmarc · Nov 1, 2016

I've used my RZ67 in the streets many, many times. I've even used it in the subway with Delta 3200. Yes, it's a whole other way of working compared to using 35mm but one gets used to it.

Walking around with the "Big One" - Mamiya Rb 67

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