I personally find it the more ergonomic of of the two. You have 1/1000 shutter speed which is nice when shooting in brighter conditions. It genuinely feels like a giant 35mm SLR, especially with one of those 3D printed grips. The Pentax I think is a better camera to take out in the field and shoot landscapes and faster paced stuff. Last, what do you mean when you write "The rangefinder like the Mamiya 7 unfortunately cannot use grad filters" I don't understand.What do you shoot more? Flash, close up portraits, landscapes, etc? While both are capable of accomplishing any job you need, they each have their strengths and weaknesses. With the RB/RZ systems, when your camera is on a tripod, you change so easily the magazines that you sometimes forget which one is mouted on the camera !Īdd to all that all the advantages, like the tilt/shift system on the RZ (and the excellent 75mm shift lens of the RB), the motorized 6x8 backs, and you will quickly be convinced that you have bought a "great" system. And you cannot change a Polaroid back for a film back immediately with the same camera. It needs a second camera and a very expensive NPC polaroid adapter back. And last you can use a Polaroid back, which cannot be done easily with a pentax 67. As many MF cameras are not really conceived to be turned sideways easily (I think to the Pentax 67), a revolving back is a real comfort. Second, the revolving back avoids to have to turn the camera sideways. First, they have interchangeable magazines, which means that you can use several films at the same time, black and white, colour and slides. Thus, this camera can mount new lenses, like a new 75mm shift lens, Apo lenses and better wide angle lenses too.ĭon't forget that the RB/RZ cameras have three important advantages onto the Pentax 67 : The more recent RB 67 Pro-SD has a lens bayonet with a larger diameter (7mm). Of course the are a bit older than RZ67 recent lenses, but the original quality is already an outstanding one, and they have very few to envy to the RZ67. You will probably agree with me if I say that the quality of a lens is nothing if the camera itself causes such important vibrations.Ĭoncerning the RB67 lenses, they are excellent. With a RB67, the leaf shutter lenses allow very slow speeds, and the mirror lock-up is really useful. Įven if you release the shutter with mirror lock-up, you will never avoid some shots at 1/30s or slower to be blurried. The focal plane shutter generates most of them, and there is no remedy for that. And the mirror is not only responsible of them. Yes, many Pentax 67 users consider that on slow speeds, the camera generates huge vibrations. But generally speaking, it is rather hard to use, as you have to hold this "anvil" at your eye's level. Of course the Pentax 67 seems a more conventional camera when you come from the 24x36 world. Moreover, if you use a long lens, it looks like a gun. And people can feel a prism camera as an aggression. A prism is much more aggressive, as you "aim" at your subject. The waist level fider is the most discrete system for focusing and composing an image. "The WLF types is not really suited for on the go photog."Īllow me to disagree.
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