If you compare the 67II to the 645nII (both current models), aside from the difference in negative, using a 67II is akin to using an LX sans winder. You have TTL flash, spot, center weighted, matrix metering, manual and AV modes. You wind the film yourself, set the DX code yourself. It feels like a nice, big, older style camera. The 645nII has AF, Program and TV, power winder, data imprinting, etc. It is much more like a ZX-5n like camera. So, to me, it is a big difference in style of handling and shooting.
The 67II is more manual and the 645nII is more automatic and modern. Personally, I think it is great of Pentax to not try and make the only difference between the two be negative size. Before choosing a 67II myself, I must have gone into the store 12 times handling and working with both systems. I felt like in the end, that with the 645nII, I would have a very hard time justifying 35mm at all and with the 67II they were far more complementary systems. The big camera does some things much better and the 35mm does some things much better than the 67. With the automated 645nII, the lines between 35 & MF are much more blurred. Bruce Thursday, December 19, 2002, 9:30:19 PM, you wrote: g> On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Kevin Waterson wrote: >> What are the major differences between a 645 and 67? g> I went through this myself, and ended up with a 645 (then second guessed g> myself, and was reminded of the reasons I picked up a 645). g> The 645 has more automation. Autowinder, TTL, X sync at 1/60, more frames g> per roll (15 v 10 on 120), Av, Tv, P modes. g> The 67 has a neg twice as big. g> I went with the 645. if I want big enlargements, I'll take the 4x5. g> otherwise, the 645 should be able to cover my bases.
