The story of this device
Scaling up standard 35mm SLR ergonomics to handle enormous 6x7 medium format film rolls, this heavyweight titan revolutionized handheld field photography. Combining massive negatives with incredible Takumar optics, it dominated fashion and landscape photography for decades.
Specifications
- Display
- Interchangeable pentaprism (90% coverage) or waist-level finder
- Storage
- 120/220 roll film, 10 (120) or 20 (220) exposures
- Battery
- Fully dependent on one 6V PX28 battery
- Camera
- 6x7cm (56x70mm) format, Pentax 67 bayonet mount (inner/outer)
- Media
- 120/220 roll film (6x7)
- Weight
- About 2.3kg with pentaprism+105mm lens; body only 1.29kg
- Notable
- Focal-plane shutter 1-1/1000s+B, 1/30s flash sync; MLU added 1976
