This is going to sound weird, but I learned this from my college professor as we both owned the Pentax 6x7. “Don’t cut the band, just insert the roll as is into the camera so you don’t have to worry about keeping tension on the backing paper. Once it’s locked in, remove the band, keep tension onto the roll and wind on the take up spool.” I was dumbfounded for how many years I did it as you did. 😂
you can just load the film without taking out the strip of paper off the roll before sticking it in the body. it makes loading 120 much easier and faster. once loaded into the back then you can take the strip off and continue loading the film into the other spool. just use your fingernail to take it off once in the body. lots of old school assistants use this trick to make loading the film faster for multiple bodies. less chance for the spool to drop and unraveling everything.
I just went down a rabbit hole looking for you and your photo universe videos. I’ve had a Pentax since 1976. Anytime i considered buying something new I always checked your channel first. Will miss your advice. Sorry for commenting here just wanted to thank you for your help in the past. Good luck.
If he thinks he is getting blur from camera vibration, it is much less likely to be related to the tripod legs than that ball head on top of the tripod. I've never understood why folks use ball heads with the P67. It may work fine, but it is the weak link for vibration. Few will favor my personal solution, but it is the Manfrotto 410 head, the small version of the three plane geared head. (Now replaced by other model) It's heavy, but once you are into Pentax 67, you have sort of passed through that portal.
… learned a lot about the P67; thank you. Liked, subscribed and will be looking for more mentoring. BTW, id the P67 your optimal choice for Medium format landscape? Thanks, Edward 👍
Yes, for medium format landscape photography the Pentax 67 is the best choice in my opinion. The Mamiya 7 is nice, but the cost is prohibitive and the rangefinder has issues with calibration. At least it did 30 years ago, and I can only imagine it's worse now due to the lack of many people left around to calibrate them. You can't beat the prices of the used lenses which are some of the best lenses ever made.
As far as video flow and production for your in the field videos this might be your best one I've seen. You had a lot of thoughtful commentary and you just really framed up all your video stuff really well. Nicely done. I really liked the 67 shots as well. I'd lean towards the first one being my favorite. Your last 67 video had an image I especially liked as well. You seem to really put it together when you use that camera.
Thanks. The 67 and I go way back. The first one I ever used was in around 1992. The video is so much easier with the Sonys. I just turn the cameras on and they capture the video. It's almost as if someone is pulling focus. Setting everything on the Fuji's manually was a challenge, and detracted from my ability to make the videos somewhat coherent.
I especially liked your first image. I noticed you didn't try to focus through the prism but used a small aperture and the scale on the lens. It would have been nice to see a comparison of the bracketed exposures.
Marked lenses are a pleasure to use, focusing is so easy. The bracketed exposures all turned out as you would expect, close but there's always a "best" one.
Been shooting Pentax 67 bodies since 1985 with a variety of lenses. I cannot quibble with any of his comments. I use older non-graphite tripods, old Manfrottos. The 3021 is a bare minimum size for the 67, and then without raising center column. IMO, all of shutter shock complained of by many is just the mirror slap, which is avoided by pre-release of the mirror. That it returns with a crash is true, but then the shot is already in the can, so who cares? I really do not care for ball heads. I think they just are not strong enough to steady a P67 with any telephoto. I prefer the Manfrotto 410, the smaller three way geared head. It's larger, heavier, but having all motions geared to fine tune without upsetting the other adjustments is a pleasure.
Very true. If your going to see shutter shock it will be between 1/8th to 1/30th of a second, if at all. The only reason I'm getting away with using a ball head is it's a Kirk BH-1 which is rock solid. The Manfrotto 410 is a great tripod head. If my primary camera were the Pentax 67 I'd probably be using an even beefier tripod and probably the 410 head, but the Gitzo 2 series works, though it is the bare minimum.
colour...yep! shooting Velvia for some years (overexposed 1/3, pull process 1/2 stop, lets you just capture all the steps on the Kodak step card...oh, Kodak? what's that, you ask?) the 45 and 160 do produce fantastic colour results, even on Agfa 1000!
Interesting to see you find the film loading to be slightly tricky as well. I’ve only had mine about a year now and was thinking I really need to be nailing the loading now! Got that same Gitzo tripod as you but tend to use a three legged thing Brian a lot but stop it vibrating by putting my finger gently on the top just below the camera.
I used to be a little faster at loading the 67 when I used it 3-4 times a week. Now that I only use it occasionally it is a struggle. The fashion guys back in the 70's used to have 3-4 67's and had the assistants loading them while they shot. 🙂
re: shutter vibration: the skinny neck on the ball head is a real problem, so i had to go to a big manfrotto pan.tilt head to get the stiffness i want, especially as i often shoot longer lenses; sometimes, I'll hang the camera bag across the camera (my smaller bag ;-) ), or hang the bag on the head, or on the tripod, somewhere, anywhere to damp resonance, or get the frequency way down...
lucky man, living in Oregon! a state that "has it all" in terms of scenery ...bake oven road..i think that you can see 5, or 7, volcanoes from one place...crater lake! white horse falls...the coast...sigh...
It's nice to have, particularly if you forget your light meter, and it works well for what it is. But I don't have one now and I'm not going out of my way to buy one if that answers your question. I do have the non-TTL and a waist level, and use both.
Love the channel. Just bought a Pentax NON MLU for 300 bucks and I think I'm really regretting not getting the Mirror Lock Up version. Did I make a huge mistake? I haven't shot with it yet, but I do have a pretty rock solid tripod. The advance lever also feels really stiff...any advice would be amazing! Liked and subscribed btw.
Welcome! I really can't help, I have never had a non MLU 67. With faster and slower shutter speeds it should be OK. I would test it and see where the mirror causes any issues and just avoid those shutter speeds. If your not used to the 67, the advance lever is stiffer than a 35mm.
You didn’t make a mistake I also have an older 6x7 non-mlu it’s definitely not a huge problem I’d say take your time with your compositions and keep using your tripod ! It’s fun to shoot with good lighting. In particular it does depend more on the film stock I struggle with Kodak gold 200 because in the late evening I’m limited on my shutter speed and aperture too so don’t feel bad it’s still a great camera to have !
Just remember or fyi you can’t shoot it without any film in it so maybe that was what was causing it to feel stiff ? Not sure could be other things as well I’d recommend have spare batteries too some people I’ve heard can’t keep shooting when the batteries run out cause it keeps the mirror locked up !
@@EdwardMartinsPhotography Nowadays I'd probably do Delta 100 and XTOL. But back when I was shooting a lot of film I ran FP4+ in all formats processed in replenished D-76. Some of the best photographs of my life came out of that era. The negatives were so good I could jam out prints like nobody's business. Nowadays I'm pulling my hair out trying to learn digital printing. An entirely different skill than darkroom work to say the least.
Digital printing does have it's challenges. The problem is you're not doing it yourself, you're trying to tell a machine what you want and it does it for you. Unfortunately these machines don't speak the same language as us. I'm not a fan of Delta 100 or Tmax. Too "digital" looking.
This is going to sound weird, but I learned this from my college professor as we both owned the Pentax 6x7. “Don’t cut the band, just insert the roll as is into the camera so you don’t have to worry about keeping tension on the backing paper. Once it’s locked in, remove the band, keep tension onto the roll and wind on the take up spool.” I was dumbfounded for how many years I did it as you did. 😂
I've done that before as well. I used to load my 645 inserts that way when I was shooting weddings.
you can just load the film without taking out the strip of paper off the roll before sticking it in the body. it makes loading 120 much easier and faster. once loaded into the back then you can take the strip off and continue loading the film into the other spool. just use your fingernail to take it off once in the body. lots of old school assistants use this trick to make loading the film faster for multiple bodies. less chance for the spool to drop and unraveling everything.
I've done that before too. I'm not sure it's any easier, though it is faster. I'm not in any hurry, so I take my time. 🙂
I just went down a rabbit hole looking for you and your photo universe videos. I’ve had a Pentax since 1976. Anytime i considered buying something new I always checked your channel first. Will miss your advice. Sorry for commenting here just wanted to thank you for your help in the past. Good luck.
If he thinks he is getting blur from camera vibration, it is much less likely to be related to the tripod legs than that ball head on top of the tripod. I've never understood why folks use ball heads with the P67. It may work fine, but it is the weak link for vibration. Few will favor my personal solution, but it is the Manfrotto 410 head, the small version of the three plane geared head. (Now replaced by other model) It's heavy, but once you are into Pentax 67, you have sort of passed through that portal.
The only ball head I trust 100% with the Pentax 67 is my Kirk BH-1.
… learned a lot about the P67; thank you. Liked, subscribed and will be looking for more mentoring. BTW, id the P67 your optimal choice for Medium format landscape? Thanks, Edward 👍
Yes, for medium format landscape photography the Pentax 67 is the best choice in my opinion. The Mamiya 7 is nice, but the cost is prohibitive and the rangefinder has issues with calibration. At least it did 30 years ago, and I can only imagine it's worse now due to the lack of many people left around to calibrate them. You can't beat the prices of the used lenses which are some of the best lenses ever made.
As far as video flow and production for your in the field videos this might be your best one I've seen. You had a lot of thoughtful commentary and you just really framed up all your video stuff really well. Nicely done.
I really liked the 67 shots as well. I'd lean towards the first one being my favorite. Your last 67 video had an image I especially liked as well. You seem to really put it together when you use that camera.
Thanks. The 67 and I go way back. The first one I ever used was in around 1992. The video is so much easier with the Sonys. I just turn the cameras on and they capture the video. It's almost as if someone is pulling focus. Setting everything on the Fuji's manually was a challenge, and detracted from my ability to make the videos somewhat coherent.
I especially liked your first image. I noticed you didn't try to focus through the prism but used a small aperture and the scale on the lens. It would have been nice to see a comparison of the bracketed exposures.
Marked lenses are a pleasure to use, focusing is so easy. The bracketed exposures all turned out as you would expect, close but there's always a "best" one.
Very, very nice video. Thank you.
Enjoyed your film. I'm fairly new to the Pentax 67, having used a RB67 mainly.
Been shooting Pentax 67 bodies since 1985 with a variety of lenses. I cannot quibble with any of his comments. I use older non-graphite tripods, old Manfrottos. The 3021 is a bare minimum size for the 67, and then without raising center column. IMO, all of shutter shock complained of by many is just the mirror slap, which is avoided by pre-release of the mirror. That it returns with a crash is true, but then the shot is already in the can, so who cares? I really do not care for ball heads. I think they just are not strong enough to steady a P67 with any telephoto. I prefer the Manfrotto 410, the smaller three way geared head. It's larger, heavier, but having all motions geared to fine tune without upsetting the other adjustments is a pleasure.
Very true. If your going to see shutter shock it will be between 1/8th to 1/30th of a second, if at all. The only reason I'm getting away with using a ball head is it's a Kirk BH-1 which is rock solid. The Manfrotto 410 is a great tripod head. If my primary camera were the Pentax 67 I'd probably be using an even beefier tripod and probably the 410 head, but the Gitzo 2 series works, though it is the bare minimum.
colour...yep! shooting Velvia for some years (overexposed 1/3, pull process 1/2 stop, lets you just capture all the steps on the Kodak step card...oh, Kodak? what's that, you ask?)
the 45 and 160 do produce fantastic colour results, even on Agfa 1000!
A few of the early lenses are OK, the rest of them are really great.
Great video. I have this exact camera and I am just learning how to use it. Thanks. RS. Canada
beautiful images
Thank you!
Interesting to see you find the film loading to be slightly tricky as well. I’ve only had mine about a year now and was thinking I really need to be nailing the loading now! Got that same Gitzo tripod as you but tend to use a three legged thing Brian a lot but stop it vibrating by putting my finger gently on the top just below the camera.
I used to be a little faster at loading the 67 when I used it 3-4 times a week. Now that I only use it occasionally it is a struggle. The fashion guys back in the 70's used to have 3-4 67's and had the assistants loading them while they shot. 🙂
re: shutter vibration: the skinny neck on the ball head is a real problem, so i had to go to a big manfrotto pan.tilt head to get the stiffness i want, especially as i often shoot longer lenses; sometimes, I'll hang the camera bag across the camera (my smaller bag ;-) ), or hang the bag on the head, or on the tripod, somewhere, anywhere to damp resonance, or get the frequency way down...
My Kirk BH1 does alright. All the other ones, not so much.
Nice to see you back!
Didn't you have another channel or was this your (evil/good) twin?
Yes, but it ran it's course and too many people had expectations of what it should be.
lucky man, living in Oregon! a state that "has it all" in terms of scenery ...bake oven road..i think that you can see 5, or 7, volcanoes from one place...crater lake! white horse falls...the coast...sigh...
It's worth leveling your camera to the scene.
Yes definitely. The iFootage TC-7 tripod with the fastbowl level and the acratech pano head make that effortless.
Pentax do indeed have a supply of pixie dust for some of their lenses.
I enjoy your landscapes: a real contrast to here, in SE Oz.
i would give my bad tooth for a Pentax 67, but now a days boy they are sooooo expensive.
great video thank you.
i use the 160/2.8 a lot, and have a 300/4.0, also, and, for complete craziness...1000/f8 !
Good video. I'm sure you had it covered but with both setups the camera appeared to be tilted down to the right.
Thanks!
i subscribed, saw 999, hooray, suddenly 2 subscribers disappeared! bummer ..trying to get you to 1k (again?)
Thanks for the effort! It won't be long now... 🙂
May I ask if it's worth bothering with the TTL prism as opposed to a normal one?
It's nice to have, particularly if you forget your light meter, and it works well for what it is. But I don't have one now and I'm not going out of my way to buy one if that answers your question. I do have the non-TTL and a waist level, and use both.
@@EdwardMartinsPhotography thank you for such a speedy response.... think that makes my mind up to get a non-TTL. Cheers Edward.
Love the channel. Just bought a Pentax NON MLU for 300 bucks and I think I'm really regretting not getting the Mirror Lock Up version. Did I make a huge mistake? I haven't shot with it yet, but I do have a pretty rock solid tripod. The advance lever also feels really stiff...any advice would be amazing! Liked and subscribed btw.
Welcome! I really can't help, I have never had a non MLU 67. With faster and slower shutter speeds it should be OK. I would test it and see where the mirror causes any issues and just avoid those shutter speeds. If your not used to the 67, the advance lever is stiffer than a 35mm.
You didn’t make a mistake I also have an older 6x7 non-mlu it’s definitely not a huge problem I’d say take your time with your compositions and keep using your tripod ! It’s fun to shoot with good lighting. In particular it does depend more on the film stock I struggle with Kodak gold 200 because in the late evening I’m limited on my shutter speed and aperture too so don’t feel bad it’s still a great camera to have !
Just remember or fyi you can’t shoot it without any film in it so maybe that was what was causing it to feel stiff ? Not sure could be other things as well I’d recommend have spare batteries too some people I’ve heard can’t keep shooting when the batteries run out cause it keeps the mirror locked up !
How did you meter?
I have a Sekonic 858 which does spot and incident metering. I also have a Ravini Labs spot meter. 👍🙂
@@EdwardMartinsPhotography thanks liked the pictures. Just wondered if you metered those shots reflected or incidental.
@@stillben Thanks! I actually use both methods, depending. But I usually spot meter and then weight the exposure for the highlights or the shadows.
@@EdwardMartinsPhotography thanks. are you printing from the negative or scan?
@@stillben Both. It's one of the things I like most about film, it allows me to print digitally or in the darkroom.
#1 tip for success with 6x7: Ilford FP4+.
Can't argue with that! I prefer Ilford ID-11 (Which is Kodak's D-76) 1:1 for 11 minutes. Always works great! 🙂👍
@@EdwardMartinsPhotography Nowadays I'd probably do Delta 100 and XTOL. But back when I was shooting a lot of film I ran FP4+ in all formats processed in replenished D-76. Some of the best photographs of my life came out of that era. The negatives were so good I could jam out prints like nobody's business. Nowadays I'm pulling my hair out trying to learn digital printing. An entirely different skill than darkroom work to say the least.
Digital printing does have it's challenges. The problem is you're not doing it yourself, you're trying to tell a machine what you want and it does it for you. Unfortunately these machines don't speak the same language as us.
I'm not a fan of Delta 100 or Tmax. Too "digital" looking.