w00dy4012 Loc: Thalia, East Virginia

Waist level. The seals are my concern. KEH has a 50mm lens for $250, and if it checks out otherwise, I just might get it.

SkyKing Loc: Thompson Ridge, NY

...it was a gift...don’t send her a check...she would be insulted...send her a nice thank you note for being a great neighbor or invite her over for coffee & cake...and thank your good fortune...good neighbors are a blessing...

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Yea, auto-corrupt comes up with some real winners sometimes!

ELNikkor

The size, weight, and "swish-klunk" of that thing made me never want one, but as a gift? Maybe....

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

At the camera shop where I worked for a while, we balanced a nickle on the camera and clicked the shutter. For as much "clunking" it made, the nickle never moved.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Good luck! That sounds like a fun project. let us know how it turns out.

Tomfl101 Loc: Mount Airy, MD

Another thing to note about the RB is bellows extension factor. With the 90mm lens focusing closer than about 4 feet requires you to open the aperture 1/2 stop. More for extreme close ups. I found that out the hard way with the 180mm and portraits. Even standard head and shoulders would be underexposed without opening up.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

As you probably know there is also an eye level metering finder. I have found lenses to be pretty inexpensive at my local Camera store. I picked up a 180 in almost pristine condition with both OEM caps for $80, and backs, that used to cost $300, can now be had in the $50-$75 range.

Somewhere, I have a chart of the various lenses that will fit the RB67, RB67 ProS and the RZ (not all lenses fit all bodies) You may already have it, but if not (and I can locate it), I’ll be glad to PM it to you.

BillFeffer Loc: Adolphus, KY

I used to shoot weddings with two Bronica ETRs 645 format. Loved them except for the weak flash sync terminals which had to be super glued.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Portra.

It’s Kodak Professional portrait film. My former employers — school portrait companies — used truckloads of it in 100’ rolls (35, 46, and 70mm unperforated versions) in addition to thousands of 120/220 rolls. I’m amazed Alaris still makes it.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Scan 'em!

Kuzano

The V series of Epson scanners will scan 120 roll film decently, to digital. Time consuming however. I shot both 6X9 and 6x4.5 roll film. Most of mine has been scanned to digital. I would never consider the prices I see coming for digital medium format. Outrageous. The large inventory of good film digital camera's at and around $1000 will continue to blow digital medium format away for some time in image quality and other fine aspects of image pluses from film.

I prefeer the 6X9 film format, or the RB67 would be a nice option. I still have my Fujifilm GSW690, hich is a wide lens at 65mm. I still can get 120 roll film processed by the Walmart "Send Out Only" program for under $10 per roll, returned in negatives from Fujifilm Professional Labs. 15 years of doing so with my Local Walmart. No lost images. All 120 roll film.... B & W.

E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada

So...that camera is not any kinda boat anchor, door stop or museum piece. It is a fine, classic professional grade instrument. You received a generous gift that shod be appreciated.

If you are not interested in film photography or find it is just too expensive or inconvenient, why not sell it or give it to someone who will appreciate and use it?

Yes, The camera is big, rather bulky and heavy- not the kinda thing most photographers would hang around their neck and use as a "walk around" camera on vacation. Its center of gravity makes a bit awkward for certain kinds of handheld operation but with the accessory grip, it's not too bad. It's not the ideal "candid" wedding camera. For studio type work, precise location assignments, landscape, architectural, fashion, pictorial, portraiture, and many commercial applications it is one hell of a camera. Wit a sturdy tripod and precise operation, you can produce negatives and transparencies that rival large format quality.

I purchased my first RB in 1970 and used it for studio portraits for decades. I went to the RZ models to take advantage of their expanded line of specialized lenses and accessories such as a motor drive. My original system included the 150 mm Soft Focus lens which is also compatible with the RZ bodies. I still use the 180 and a special conversion which enables the use of my 250 Imagon lenses (another soft focus classic). The 90mm normal prime lens is tack sharp as is the 127mm, 18o, the 140mm macro and the 75mm wide angle. There is a zoom available on the used market as well. The Sekor glass is exceptional. I routinely made 30x40 prints with no loss of quality!

I love the system so much that 1 digitized it with a Phase 1 back and use it for my commercial work and theatrical portraiture.

Your camera, as is, without any accessories, has a built-in extension bellows for extreme closeup work. I'm sure there are many reasonably priced backs and lenses on the used market if you wish to build a system.

Of course, it ain't the fastest operating camera in the world but who's rushing you? Are you gonna go out and cover a hi-li match with that thing?- I don't think so.

Kodak, or whoever bought out the patient, is still producing Portra color negative films and the T-Max black & white line. Ilford is still out there.

Zooman 1

Used the RB67 a couple of times, really liked it. But, had 2 Mamiya TLRs and several lenses, so never switch. but, did go to the 645 when it came out. Used it until I switched to digital. They were slow, and you needed to pay attention to what you were doing.

Malco

I had an RB 67 when I first started doing wedding photography. The RB 67 was my backup camera to my Hassy 500CM. The only problem I had with the RB 67 was the aperture was in the opposite direction of the Hassy, so when I started making some money, I sold the RB 67 and bought another 500CM.
Other than that the RB 67 was a great camera.