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Mamiya RB67 Pro-S vs Pentax 6×7 / 67

Every spec below is quoted from the makers' official pages — where a figure isn't published we say so rather than guess. Sizes are drawn at true relative scale from published dimensions, and the bag-fit row is computed against our measured bag catalog.

The 3 biggest published differences

RB67 Pro-S Mamiya RB mount
Pentax 6x7 Pentax 6x7 mount
Overview
Type Medium-format SLRMedium-format SLR
Format 120 (6×7)120 (6×7)
Lens mount Mamiya RB bayonet mount (with safety lock ring)Pentax smc67 bayonet mount (internal and external bayonets)
Released 1974–1990 (Pro-S variant)1969–1989 (original 6×7, pre-"67" rename)
Film camera
Film format 120 (6×7)120 (6×7)
Metering none (no built-in meter)none built-in (optional TTL metering pentaprism finder)
Shutter Seiko #1 leaf (lens) shutter, 1 to 1/400 sec and TMechanical horizontal cloth focal-plane shutter
Shutter speeds 1 – 1/400 sec, T1 sec – 1/1000 sec, X-sync 1/30 sec
Battery none (fully mechanical)none required for the mechanical shutter itself (4x LR44/SR44 or 1x 4SR44 battery only needed if the optional TTL metering finder is fitted)
Body & Handling
Dimensions (W×H×D) 104 × 144 × 228 mm177 × 152 × 91 mm
Weight (body) 2705 g1760 g
Weather sealing —, not published—, not published
Shutter durability —, not published—, not published
Price
Launch price —, not published—, not published
Size, to scale
RB67 Pro-S104×144×228Pentax 6x7177×152×91

Front view, drawn at the same scale from each maker's published W×H (mm).

Smallest bag that fits
Body f-stop Shallow Medium ICU Fits
body only · View at f-stop
WANDRD Essential Camera Cube (for PRVKE 21) Fits
body only · View at WANDRD

Sources

official · RB67 Pro-S specifications: Mamiya RB67 Pro-S original instruction manual (scan, Scribd-hosted; same text as cameramanuals.org/butkus.org scans) · accessed 2026-07-10
“Dimensions: (Camera body with roll film holder) Height: 5-21/32in. (144mm) Width: 4-3/32in. (104mm) Length: 8-31/32in. (228mm) (with 9Omm f/3.8 lens) 8-17/32in. (217mm) (with 127mm f/3.8 lens). Weight: Camera body with revolving adapter and focusing hood 3 lbs., 3-2/16 oz. (1450g); Pro-S roll film holder 15-14/16 oz. (450g); 90mm f/3.8 lens 28-6/16 oz. (805g); 127mm f/3.8 lens 26-7/16 oz. (750g)”
official · Pentax 6x7 specifications: Photoethnography.com Classic Camera DB, "Technical Details" table (secondary compilation citing period technical specs, NOT a directly-sighted original Pentax manual page — the original manual PDFs at butkus.org/cameramanuals.org are scanned images with no extractable/OCR'd text, so this could not be independently verified against the primary document) · accessed 2026-07-10
“Dimensions and weight: 177x101x91mm 1.29kg w/o finder; 177x152x91mm 1.76kg w/ TTL finder [row for "6x7" model, 1969]”

Pentax 6x7 dimensions carry medium confidence (archived-source caveat on its fit page).

Spec values are the manufacturers' published figures, compared factually — we don't rank cameras. Fit verdicts are planning estimates from published interior dimensions, not guarantees. See methodology.

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