Pentax 6×7
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| Type | SLR camera for 120/220 roll film |
The original Asahi Pentax 6×7, and the later Pentax 67, are SLR medium format system cameras consisting of the camera body with interchangeable viewfinder prism and lens. This design concept is perhaps best known by the 6×6 KW Praktisix from Dresden, but pioneered in the 1930s by well known models like the Kockmann Reflex Korelle also using the 120 film. A wide range of interchangeable lenses has been made available for this exceptionally long-lived camera system that is still manufactured more than 40 years after its introduction in 1969. The 6×7 format exposes a 56×70mm area on either 120 or 220 roll films. The Pentax 6×7 is a modern medium format camera designed along the lines of the 35mm SLR cameras, although considerably bigger and heavier. [1] [2]
The Pentax 6×7 medium format camera range is:[3]
- Asahi Pentax 6×7 is the original model that was introduced in 1969
- Asahi Pentax 6×7 (MU) with a mirror-up mechanism came in 1976
- Pentax 67 is an improved version introduced in 1990
- Pentax 67II is the current model as of 2010 that was introduced in 1999
References
- ^ Ivor Matanle (1996). Collecting and using Classic SLRs. Thames & Hudson, London. ISBN 0500279012.
- ^ James M. and Joan C. McKeown (2004). McKeown's price guide to antique classic Cameras, 12th Ed. Centennial Photo Service, Grantsburg. ISBN 0931838401.
- ^ Günther Kadlubek, Rudolf Hillebrand (2004). Kadlubeks Kamera-Katalog 5th Ed. Verlag Rudolf Hillebrand, Neuss. ISBN 3895069957.