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The prism meter on the 6x7/67 bodies is often criticized for inaccuracy, but unfairly. Folks are used to modern TTL meters, which take most of their light measurement from the center 30% or so of the image in the viewfinder and the rest measured from the outer areas of the image frame. The Pentax 67 meter reads the entire area of the frame evenly, whether center, edge or corner. Therefore, the user must be more considerate of whether he has large areas of extra bright or dark in the image, which may bias the meter reading away from what he wants. This is an issue for people who shoot landscapes with lots of bright sky. The solution: point the TTL meter at some part of the subject which represents the average or preferred subject density, take that light reading, then recompose the image. Note that the 67II metering prism operates just like most modern TTL systems, offering choice of weighted center reading, spot metering (extremely center weighted), or a matrix meter averaging system, which is why the meter prism costs $450 alone.) If you have that CLA done (and I recommend), leave the metering prism on the camera. The shop will probably check its absolute accuracy and recalibrate if it is off. It's only a 5 - 10 minute job.
Film loading: The film roll retainers in the Pentax are a fairly exacting fit. When you put the empty spool in the takeup chamber, push lightly up on the spool retainer button on the camera bottom and operate the film advance lever to spin the spline until it fits into the top of the spool. On the supply side, it may help to leave the paper tape on the roll to keep it tightly wrapped until you get it locked into the chamber. As with the takeup spool, spin it lightly until it pops into the retainers while pushing up on the bottom button. Then loosen and pull off the roll tape, drawing out the leader. Fitting the leader into the takeup spool slot is like any other roll film camera, but you can use the advance lever to spin the spool to located the best slot into which the leader can fit. As you advance the leader to the "start" arrow before closing the back, keep light pressure on the film roll to that the leader says fairly tight. This will avoid a loose leader, which can bunch up and cause the film to jam in the camera around frame 8 or so.
Oh my god great video !!! Totally, I can relate , especially when you said when you have to point up and down to check light meter and the model is frustrated waiting me haha . For the wood grip you really need Quick Focusing ring type -A so you can hold Pentax 67 by the wood grip and and then at the same time you can focus. It’s a very rare accessory but you can find it. Also the 3d printed right grip will help a lot as well . Another cool accessory is the magnifier. Very good for critical focus. For the loading of film , yeah it’s difficult . I will try to make a video and send you. But you just need to get the hand on it . Great video !
@@EdmundKBoateng I also agree that handle is weird. It’s more for carrying it around rather than shooting. Check out PimpMyPentax on IG for right hand grips. I follow you on IG and love your stuff. Check me out @chasing_grain. Much love bro.
