An Overview of the Pentax 6x4.5 Film SLR Camera. Another Friday Flashback!

This is an overview of the Pentax 6x4.5 Film Medium Format SLR camera.

Pentax 645 Medium Format Camera Expressions of Interest

Scanned from 645 transparency

I am looking for expressions of interest in my much loved Pentax 645 camera system for sale.

This is a film camera with 4 lenses, 3 120mm film magazines, an adaptor for mounting 645 lenses on pentax k mount cameras including digital.

These are all manual focus lenses but optically very fine and can be used on Pentax Digital Medium Format cameras.

Original instruction manual also included.

Ideal for Landscape work and in the past I also used it on weddings.

My intention is to advertise on other internet sites in the near future but would accept enquiries for more information now on 0417867476.

Here is a link to a youtube video I have made on this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS-JKXRvuVQ&t=61s

Scanned from 645 transparency

Adapting Lenses- Pentax 645 to pentax K.

I this week bought an adaptor, after years of wanting to get one, to enable my Pentax 645 lenses to be used on my Pentax K Mount lenses.
It works with Digital and Film Slr's.
In Renmark on the weekend I had a chance to take a few shots.
Here are some results.
You are limited in using them in Aperture Priority, Manual Exposure and manual focus.
The quality appears pretty good.
Will post more when I have tried it out a bit more.
As I already have a Pentax 6x7 to Pentax 645 adaptor it means I can also fit my Pentax 6x7 lenses to Pentax K mount  cameras.
I used a Pentax 75mm and 150mm 645 lens.
I am not sure which image goes with which lens but this arrangement has a lot of potential.
The link is below of the company  that sells these adaptors.
Many combinations in fact.

https://www.fotodioxpro.com/collections/lens-mount-adapters

PS Industry Renmark

"You're on candid camera"

I have now found that when using the adaptor with Pentax 645 lenses on aperture priority on the Pentax Kr digital slr the exposures are under exposed.
This means I need to use a hand held incident light meter for accurate exposures.
However I have discovered when coupling the same combination with my original Pentax *istD
 digitasl slr, the exposures are spot on without needing a separate light meter.
Go figure!
Also when combining with my Pentax MZs film slr in Aperture priority the the lens and camera do appear to be talking to each other well.
Those shots are still in the camera.
Using the 645 lenses on 35mm digirtal or film slr's should be a very good portrait combination.
Beautiful out of focus backgrounds and really top class lenses.

These shots all taken on *istD digital slr. Straight out the camera jpegs.