Thanks
@nikki_s for posting this up, I really am having trouble deciding what to do :/
Some answers to all your helpful points
The RB is more flexible than the Pentax, but then I don't like eye level cameras. Think interchangeable backs, better flash sync (unless the 67II is better than the original).
Eye level finders are fine for me, I don't mind them at all, with the exception of rangefinders. That however is a focusing thing which I just can't seem to get on with. Interchangeable backs are a solid point, and this is something I would miss, but flash sync is of no importance to me. I've never once used a flash to take a photograph unless it was on my D700 and it fired by accident.
The RB67 with back and lens weighs nearly 2.7 kg. The 67ii with 55mm lens and metered prism weighs about 2.4 kg(?) so it is lighter. Adding a metered prism to the RB would add an extra 880 g!
The 67ii also has built in shutters speeds down to 4 seconds which is very handy for me, whereas the RB only goes down to 1s. It also adds self timer on top of the standard cable release
I'm not really seeing it? :/
If Woodsy sells his, then I will have to come down to Soton and tell him how disappointed I am with him for letting the side down...
Hah, I would feel guilty, there's no doubt about it...
If he isn't using them and he really wants to try the Pentax then sell 'em. However, I know from bitter experience that it doesn't always work like that, think Voigtlander R3a :banghead:. Best to think on it for a couple of weeks, take the RB and the Fuji out and shoot some rolls, see if he still feels the same when he's had a look at the shots.
Oh, totally. Think FM3a - which I desperately want back but now can't justify the money. [
@medwaygreen PPPPPLLLLEEEEAAAAASSSEEE don't sell it. I'll have it back one day! ]
I sold the Nikon to fund an LF lens which, to be fair, is the best one I own now, so it was a good decision overall. But yes, it still hurts!
If there's a chance it would be a big mistake in switching then it would be better to keep the RB until after the Pentax had been bought and tried out or if anyone has one they're willing to lend. Saves on finding out it's not what he wants.
If he gives you the RB then that will stop him selling it
This is the only real choice. Just a shame the pentax is so pricey to begin with :/ I've offered the RB67 to
@nikki_s loads of times now! It's just too heavy is her reasoning, which is fair enough.
...although you don't know if the one you get will be a good one.
And this is exactly what never leaves the back of my mind, hence not selling it before buying/playing with a 67ii is the only real option.
So the choice is, a massive heavy box or a massive heavy box..hmm..:/
I thought we were all going to buy Mam 6's, decluter, antilustify and live happily ever after
"or a considerably less heavy, but still heavy box"
Also... price, rangefinder and ease of grads :/
Don't get my wrong, they are stunning and had I all the money to play with, I'd already have one. And a 7ii. And a GX617. And a 10x8.
I don't think he should sell the RB, he just needs to get out and use it more. /snip/ but it doesn't have the flexibility of the RB.
I don't have a 67 ii but I do have an earlier version which he is more than welcome to borrow.
Perhaps you're right on the former. How so on the latter?
Most kind of you chap. I'd very much like to have a play with the 67 when we next catch up
I love my RB so I couldn't sell it. The results are great, it's easy to use, lenses are cheap, and it's totally bomb proof. The only down side is the weight!
I love mine too, and it's not that I *want* to sell it... It's just that I'd need the money towards the 67ii. This is kind of the salient point really. That, and it seems the perfect camera for me doesn't exist. The closest thing I can think of as my perfect camera (outside of LF) is a Mamiya 7 SLR. Which, although fictitious, is light, small(ish), 6x7 format, metered, not a RF, very good lenses, TTL composition, ease of grad filters and relatively compact. Closest thing I can think of to that is the pentax 67.
Why can't I just be happy?!??!!?!?!??!!!1111onewon
