The Pentax 645 is probably the biggest bargain going in medium format film cameras. I paid under $300 for this rig above, delivered, in December 2008. Back in 1997, B&H got $2,025 for this same 1outfit, new!It replaces the old Yashicamat 124G, which was the biggest bargain in film...
A Pentax 67 Medium format Film camera with 105mm 2.4 lens combo. I know since 2017 or 2018 I am following this forum and most of the members are really helpful and helped me to decide previous gear purchase. Thanks for sharing your valuable comment in advance, Reply to thread Reply with...
The advantage of the Phase One system is the digital-backs can be used on older medium format film cameras from manufacturers like Hassledlad or Contax, and ‘future proofs’ the system as you can update the digital-back without having to replace the camera. The Phase One system is m...
This is a manual focus short tele lens for thePentax 645, 645N and 645NII medium-format cameras. It works in all the automatic and manual exposure modes of the Pentax 645, 645N and 645NII. These lenses are bargains today. They sell for between $75 and $200 in January 2009. Back in...
Pentax has today announced the development of an 18.6 megapixel 645 Digital medium-format camera which will be revealed at the Photo Imaging Expo in Tokyo from March 17th 2005. Details are thin on the ground at the moment but the current press release reveals that the camera will use a ...
Film type135 (35mm) Picture size24mm x 36mm Weight21.6oz (612.4g)body only; with SMC Pentax-A normal lens 27oz (765.5g) LensK-mount SMC Pentax-A 50mm 1:2-22 (not pictued) Filter size49mm Shutterfocal plane Shutter speedsB, 1-1/1000 ...
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It has no green ring — the symbolic design of recent PENTAX-brand lenses — to recreate the nostalgic appearance of interchangeable lenses designed for PENTAX Z-series film-format cameras. Compatibility with older cameras Thanks to the aperture ring installed on the lens body, and the coupling ...
A news item in the UK publication “Amateur Photographer” in the late 1960s indicated that the famous Japanese 35mm SLR manufacturer Pentax was to make a medium format 6x6 camera based on the Pentacon Six. This turned out in fact to be the Pentax 6×7, which produced 10 exposures 55mm ...
APS-C sensor cameras were Pentax’s core focus since 2013. There was a small overlap of one year as it tried to transition to full-frame cameras. Throw a small attempt intomedium formatand smaller sensor cameras, and you’ll quickly realize there’s not much left at the end but two seq...