The Plaubel Makina 67 is a professional medium format camera. It was presented at Photokina in 1978 and was available from the beginning of 1979. The new price was 158,000 yen. The camera was produced in Japan.
The design of the camera is based on the Agfa Optima sensor series. The design was developed by Norbert Schlagheck from the German design office Schlagheck & Schultes.
Its scissor-spreading system ensures a compact design and a large image area at the same time, while the Nikkor lens specially developed for this camera with a focal length of 80 mm and a maximum aperture of f/2.8 delivers razor-sharp images. The lens cannot be exchanged.
Exposure
The aperture is continuously adjustable from f/2.8 to f/22, and the shutter is a special Copal central shutter that offers mechanical shutter speeds from B, 1 to 1/500 second. Exposure time and aperture can be set manually.
An integrated exposure meter shows whether the exposure values have been set correctly. Films with a sensitivity of ISO 25 to 1600 are supported.
The Makina 67's viewfinder is a bright bright-frame rangefinder with a built-in, coupled rangefinder and offers automatic parallax compensation.
Tripod & flash
A flash can be connected to the medium format camera. It is also possible to use modern radio triggers, for example for studio photography. A tripod thread is available on the bottom.
This model does not have a self-timer.
Films for the Plaubel Makina 67
The Plaubel Makina 67 uses 120 films. Although the film format was developed many decades ago, there are still a few manufacturers that produce fresh films. Nice medium films for color or black and white photos are the Kodak Portra 160* and the Ilford HP5*. Both films deliver solid results
The Plaubel Makina 67 exposes the film in 6x7 image format. Ten 6x7 photos fit on a medium format roll. The film in the camera has to be wound manually as there is no automatic film transport.
220 films
The Plaubel Makina 67 can also be used with 220 films. A 220 film holds twice the number of photos of a 120 roll film. But using it doesn't make much sense, as there are only a few films for this type and the films are very expensive.
Size and batteries
The dimensions of the Plaubel Makina 67 are 16.2 x 11.5 x 5.6 cm. It weighs 1280 grams. Power is provided by 2x S76 batteries (eBay / Amazon*). These batteries are easy to get online.
