I picked up a Pentax 6x7 earlier this year and put 7 rolls through it this summer. I brought it with me pretty much everywhere I could, but didn’t shoot it as much as I would have liked to. The reality is that the price per photo is quite high and it’s obviously not a very travel-friendly piece. I’m not sure if I will be keeping the camera, but needless to say those 120 negatives render beautifully. Most of these were on kodak Ektar 100, with a few on Gold 200.
The 6x7 forces you to be very selective; you only get 10 shots per roll. Those 7 rolls turned into about 65 photos after a loading mistake on one of them. These are the selects I’ve chosen from longwoodgardens this summer. Being able to use a 200mm lens with an effective 100mm framing look creates some wonderful scenes. I also used the 75mm lens for some wider photographs.
Thank you retrophoto_reading for the scan and dev on these. I was able to take advantage of their July anniversary sale to dramatically reduce my developm...