SLR on steroids
The Pentax 67II was introduced in 1999. I don't think there's been a time since its introduction when this was really a practical rig for a photojournalist, but with the AF400T attached it sure feels like I'm ready to go bring home the big story. The handling of the camera is really natural for me, having grown up on the manual focus 35mm SLRs of the late 70's. In fact, right down to the removable prism and aperture-priority automation this feels like a gigantic Nikon F3. If you grew up on the same kind of cameras I did and you haven't tried one of these, don't ever let yourself pick one up. You'll end up owning one. Then you'll realize that this camera, lens and strobe setup weighs over seven pounds and you aren't a kid anymore, but it won't matter much.
SLR on steroids
The Pentax 67II was introduced in 1999. I don't think there's been a time since its introduction when this was really a practical rig for a photojournalist, but with the AF400T attached it sure feels like I'm ready to go bring home the big story. The handling of the camera is really natural for me, having grown up on the manual focus 35mm SLRs of the late 70's. In fact, right down to the removable prism and aperture-priority automation this feels like a gigantic Nikon F3. If you grew up on the same kind of cameras I did and you haven't tried one of these, don't ever let yourself pick one up. You'll end up owning one. Then you'll realize that this camera, lens and strobe setup weighs over seven pounds and you aren't a kid anymore, but it won't matter much.