PENTAX 67 vs Sony A7RV Depth of Field Comparison! 

105 f/2.4 on 67 is a 45 f/1.0 equivalent, so the Laowa 45 f/0.95 is probably the best option for Sony for that look. 65 f/1.4 on GFX would give you a 47 f/1.0 equivalent and the rendering is closer to the 105, so that’s a solid option as well.

I love this style for you bro. It “feels” like you are just taking us along for the ride doing something that you would do even if you weren’t filming this for us. Keep this up bro!

Love the comparison. You should give the Archetype Process film emulations a look. It uses Lightroom Profiles, so color accuracy is a lot better and the dude profiled different exposure levels and scanners (Frontier/Noritsu) etc.

This was so good. Great to see you posting Julien!

Love this style of shooting Julien. It feels like your sweet spot for content. I can tell you're passionate about it!

Really highlights just how amazing the Pentax was (and is). Both look fantastic - great job on this video 💪

Awesome man! ❤

Great vid. That says a lot about the Pentax 67. Great camera and great lens.

Nice! I saw you post this in the Pentax Facebook group. I don’t have this lens yet for my a7cr but it is tempting. I do have a Pentax 67ii and 105mm f2.4, I also just got a Schneider cinelux 105mm f2. Which I just shot my first few rolls through it recently. But thanks for this video. Crazy how close the comparison is. The issue for me is editing. I don’t really like it. I pay for premium scans from the find lab and use frontier scanner. The scans 90 percent of the time look perfect when they come back. Especially portraits. So it takes the need for editing out for me. Which I love

Thank you for this. I've done similar comparisons on my own channel but with digital MF with FF, it can be close at times indeed! I did not expect FF to match THIS CLOSE to Pentax67, impressive! Up until now I was thinking the GFX + Mitakon 65/1.4 would be the closest thing to digital P67 look, but now you have me guessing! At least the Sony + 50/1.2 route you get competent AF! great vid, thanks for sharing.

excellent video, best I have seen on this topic. Makes me kind of want to get rid of P67, I have been considering this for a while but this just makes my case stronger. I have been using my Panasonic S5 a ton and never find the will to carry around the heavy pentax and spend a ton on film. I might give the verygoodpresets a try, they seem very nice for sure

This was very good

Both look phenomenal 🎉

Great video! I’d really like to see this same test done with wider lenses. Something in the 20-30mm range.

You killed it Julien, You completely confused me on a7rv images, great comparison. Loved it! Edited: Make more YT videos! Seriously!

Great video... you should have way more followers than 5k!

The Pentax focuses better than the new Nikon Z6iii 🤣.

This was awesome! Now I know I have a Pentax 67 on me, just in case! :)

Awesome video ! I'm myself a happy owner of the same set ups (Pentax 67 with 105mm and A7RV with 1.2/50mmGM) and i've been diggint this topic a looooot. Like a lot lot. Very happy you made this great video about this specific topic/set-ups. Thank you ! You made a great comparison here and it's clear we can achieve a lot with these new cameras and lenses. I agree with your conclusions, i made the same. The sony can get close to the look of the 105 but... it's not entirely the same sadly. Here are some observations i made during my own tests, hoping it'll help complete your test : The 105mm being a 50mm equivalent, it's still a 105mm lens so the compression is different. That's what you point with the bokeh bubble and the foreground bokeh being different. The 105mm is also wider than the 50mm GM (due to the 6x7 ratio) which is (to my taste) so much better, because you can have a larger image (for environnemental portrait for example) with that buttery depth of field, almost reminding 4x5 as many say. Last thing, and excuse me if i didn't ear it in the video, but did you think about switching off the "electronic first curtain shutter" on the A7RV ? It makes a HUUUUUGE difference in terms of bokeh when you reach high shutter speeds. If you didn't, i guess you need to make another video😁.

Great comparison. Now i know i'm holding a Pentax A7rV

Fun experiment! Good job sir! (I'll take the pentax 67 any day of the week over a sony!)

The 67 shots are easier on the eye.

My only comment is home development is not the same quality on colour film. The bleach and fix mix is not as good as a lab process. Colour casts can also happen from small temperature changes. The negatives are typically grainier.

Wow right down the street from my house. And I shoot a7rv and fx3 and leica. Whats up we should collab in Santa Cruz

The falloff is more pronounced on the Pentax and pretty easy to spot

Home made development for the portra is not doing it any favours. If this was done at a good lab, I think the colours for portra would be better than what you have here. The colours you have here for the digital shots are more film like than the film shots - I think scanning using the Sony camera for the 67 is just not bringing out the best colour of the film, again good scans from a lab would really bring out the best.