The Pentax 6×7 system comes in four basic flavors: Original 6×7 (no mirror lockup), 6×7 MLU (with mirror lockup), 67, and 67ii.
In late June, wildflower season is at its peak, and meadows and mountainsides are carpeted with all the colors of the rainbow (this one is heavy on the yellow). Marcellina Mountain is visible towering above the forest along much of the western half of Kebler Pass. Asahi called 6×7 the “ideal format” in early literature because the negatives are almost the exact same aspect ratio as an 8×10 or other common print sizes, and the Pentax system appears to have been one of the first in the format. The 6×7 system is operationally everything I like about a 35mm SLR like my Nikon FM2n, with excellent glass and huge medium-format negatives - nearly five times the area of 35mm negatives. It’s not that I mind taking my time, but often I just want to lift a camera to my eye, make a few adjustments quickly, and release the shutter. I don’t mind the size or the waist-level viewfinder - I love looking down at my TLRs - but it wasn’t a system conducive to my style of picture-making. I’d already used a Mamiya RB67 and found that it simply didn’t work for me. I was drawn to it mostly by the relative affordability and wide array of superb lenses, and the SLR form factor. I first began to think that 6×7 was probably my ideal format two or three years ago, and very quickly settled on the Pentax 6×7 system for my wish list.
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