Bronica 645 lens adapter

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 14:53:03 +0800, "hy"
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 >I have some nice Pentax 67 and P6 lenses. now looking at getting a 645
 >body.
 >
 >Anybody seen lens adapter made for Bronica 645 body?

I suppose there's an off chance you could get a Pentax 67 leaf shutter
lens to work, otherwise it ain't gonna happen.

Any reason not to look at the Pentax 645? Used, they're running about
$250 for the body and a 120 back. Add about $100 for both the
adapters. You even get aperture priority, metered manual and TTL
flash modes with your Pentax 67 lenses. (Stop down metering only with
P6 stuff).

I'm afraid I got really silly, though. I just spent $150 on a 70mm
back and 100' of Agfa N400. Now all I have to do is figure out how to
stuff it into cartridges, find something worth shooting for 80+
frames, and then hunt down a place that can still develop the stuff...

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Michael Benveniste <mhb-offer.RemoveThis@clearether.com> wrote:

 >
 > I'm afraid I got really silly, though. I just spent $150 on a 70mm
 > back and 100' of Agfa N400. Now all I have to do is figure out how to
 > stuff it into cartridges, find something worth shooting for 80+
 > frames, and then hunt down a place that can still develop the stuff...
 >


Hey were did you get the 70mm back? Unless you find a bulk loader you'll
have to hand load them. Cut a length less then 15'. Bulk loaders show up
every so often but the things are selling for more then the camera. I figure
the back deserves it's own body.

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"Nick Zentena" <zentena DeleteThis @hophead.dyndns.org> wrote:
 > Hey were did you get the 70mm back? Unless you find a bulk loader you'll
 > have to hand load them. Cut a length less then 15'. Bulk loaders show up
 > every so often but the things are selling for more then the camera. I
figure
 > the back deserves it's own body.

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The backs show up on eBay every so often. So do the bulk loaders, but
the last one went unsold with a minimum bid of $175.00. Like most aero
films, the N400 has to be loaded in total darkness anyway, so
handloading it is.

Whether the back deserves its own body or not, it ain't gonna get one
anytime soon. My wife has made it quite clear that before I buy
another camera body, I have to get rid of one of the ones I already
have. While I'll really miss my spare Pentax 110 SLR body, that
slot's reserved for a dSLR.

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Guy wouldn't ship outside of the US I guess that's why I ignored it.
 >
 > The backs show up on eBay every so often. So do the bulk loaders, but
 > the last one went unsold with a minimum bid of $175.00. Like most aero
 > films, the N400 has to be loaded in total darkness anyway, so
 > handloading it is.

The $175 isn't out of line for what the bulk loaders have been selling
for. I just don't understand it. You'd have to load a lot of film to justify
one.

 >
 > Whether the back deserves its own body or not, it ain't gonna get one
 > anytime soon. My wife has made it quite clear that before I buy
 > another camera body, I have to get rid of one of the ones I already
 > have. While I'll really miss my spare Pentax 110 SLR body, that
 > slot's reserved for a dSLR.


Just seems that with 80 frames and not having the ability to change backs
midroll it would be best to reserve a body for the back. My body seems to
need at least a CLA and if the cost of a CLA exceeds the cost of a second
body I think I'll live with the problem and get a second body instead.

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