The 645D DOES NOT have a tilting rear screen, although the 645Z does.

Bump - price reduced £150

Bump - offers invited

SFXn grip is reserved.

Hi All, I have two for sale, they're £30 each with UK postage. They're compatible with each other and both cameras but they are different.

SFX: The SFX name is on the outside of the battery grip not the body - thus the correct AA grip is the one with SFX on the grip.

SFXn: The SFXn name is on the camera (inside of the grip), thus the correct AA grip is the one without a name.

Payment by PayPal (gift) preferred.

John

Bump - found this again the other day.

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Hi All, I've got a MotorDrive-A for sale. I've kept it because they're fabulous pieces of kit - but in reality I've no use for burning through film at 3fps anymore. Much better (and smoother) than the MEII winder for the Super-A, Program-A and P50 (they won't fit anything else).

Faulty: The normal shutter release on the handgrip works fine, as does the drive mode (single, cont-low, cont-hi) selector. The vertical release (and/or its lock switch) doesn't work, the remote release socket is right next to this release - I can't guarantee this works either (I don't have a cable to test it).

£40 posted to the UK, PayPal (gift) or bank transfer.

John.

The 105/2.4 lenses go for anything up to £800 on their own - the 67ii has been known to have problems with an unrepairable circuit board failing. This example has the older 'Asahi Pentax' 6x7/67 left hand grip - it should be 'Pentax' and have a dedicated hotshoe for the 67ii (Umm blimey: link).

Update: I've just seen some prices of Mamiya C330's - one of the more mechanical, easier to fix, less to go wrong cameras.

Sadly, I think the price/fixability argument doesn't stack up with Pentax MF gear any more. The cameras are far too expensive for 30-40+ year old gear, especially given repair options are very limited worldwide and almost non-existent in UK/Europe. The US forum regularly gets posts regarding faults with newly acquired 6x7 cameras (mostly film winding, shutter cocking, mirror problems). Many of the ones that 'work' have their own minor issues. Many are damaged by clueless operators fiddling with things they don't understand.

Even the 645Nii and 67ii cameras are now very old, complex beasts (both astronomically priced for 20+ year old cameras). Both are essentially un-repairable with no spare parts except those scavenged from donor bodies. However, for comparison take a look at Contax 645 body prices...

Medium format film is still viable if you look at either mechanical cameras or component SLRs (where you can more easily replace a body/back/meter prism than a whole camera) - but all are on borrowed time. Older cameras are better built (more metal - before the quest for lighter MF cameras appeared in the '90s) but apart from Hasselblads, repair facilities are limited.