Serious love for the RB67 Pro (original)

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77mm filter size for all lenses

I too found this invaluable with regard to across the board purchase and usage of single size filters for all lenses excluding a couple like the 37mm fisheye. The fisheye of course has it's own rear mount filters. With the resulting 77mm standard my migration to using 4x5 lenses on that platform was simple enough with the purchase of step-up & step-down rings as required.

 

[sixby45]

Thank you for the great responses!

Rick

Mylenslife.com

 

[Deleted member 88956]

I'm proud owner of 2 SDs and got the second after I first heard and felt the music of the shutter release and subsequent mirror slap. All my lenses are KL (still digging for the 65). One thing I will never forgive Mamiya is lack of 6x6 back. Had they only released 6x7 back (and the somewhat limited 6x8), I'd have no complaints. However, if you decide that a 6x4.5 is reasoned, then no excuses to skip the 6x6. They fixed it on RZ, but that model is too close to Facebook era for me.

 

[mark]

It also works well with a monopod.

 

[Maris]

...... One thing I will never forgive Mamiya is lack of 6x6 back.....

I've never fitted one myself but I believe the Mamiya RB67 system will take a 6x6 back. How? First remove the 67 back and the Revolving Adapter. Then attach the P Adapter that was initially intended for the Polaroid Land pack film holder model 2. The P Adapter accepts an M Adapter that comes in two types: a horizontal version and a vertical version. The M Adapter accepts the Mamiya Press M Roll Film Back K with formats changeable to 6x4.5, 6x6, and 6x9. Alternatively the M Adapter also accepts The Mamiya Press M Roll Film Back (non K version) which offers selectable formats 6x4.5 and 6x6.

 

[Deleted member 88956]

I've never fitted one myself but I believe the Mamiya RB67 system will take a 6x6 back. How? First remove the 67 back and the Revolving Adapter. Then attach the P Adapter that was initially intended for the Polaroid Land pack film holder model 2. The P Adapter accepts an M Adapter that comes in two types: a horizontal version and a vertical version. The M Adapter accepts the Mamiya Press M Roll Film Back K with formats changeable to 6x4.5, 6x6, and 6x9. Alternatively the M Adapter also accepts The Mamiya Press M Roll Film Back (non K version) which offers selectable formats 6x4.5 and 6x6.

Possibly so and thanks for the suggestion, but the point is they should have made 6x6 option. The fact they did that on RZ only proves validity of my gripe. There is probably a possibiity of hacking a back into a 6x6 format with some kind of modification as it is all mechanical, but it is still not the point.

 

[MattKing]

I find that 6x7 negatives work really well in my 6x6 negative carriers, when I want to print square.
I think two of the six square images in my recent show were printed that way.
That being said, I would like a 6x6 back. Of course, I would like a 6x8 back (and negative carrier) even more.

 

[Deleted member 88956]

... Of course, I would like a 6x8 back (and negative carrier) even more.

You mean you don't like the 6x8 as is with motorized advance? Too bad they could not work it into a rotating set up. Also a bit too much of a change up costing quite a bit more just to mount one.

 

[MattKing]

You mean you don't like the 6x8 as is with motorized advance? Too bad they could not work it into a rotating set up. Also a bit too much of a change up costing quite a bit more just to mount one.

I already have the rotating adapter sized for 6x8, so it would just be a matter of getting the back, along with having a negative carrier modified for the format.
I prefer, however, a smaller manual wind back.

 

[Deleted member 88956]

I already have the rotating adapter sized for 6x8, so it would just be a matter of getting the back, along with having a negative carrier modified for the format.
I prefer, however, a smaller manual wind back.

68 can only shoot in vertical position, no flipping to horizontal. I don't believe you can do anything about it as the long 8 is too long across the body. At least that is how Mamiya put it out.

 

[Deleted member 88956]

You're a very generous man, i would offer only $19.99 (limited time offer).

Why involve money, I take them for free and you pay the shipping.

 

[MattKing]

68 can only shoot in vertical position, no flipping to horizontal. I don't believe you can do anything about it as the long 8 is too long across the body. At least that is how Mamiya put it out.

You actually can shoot in horizontal, you just have to accept vignetting.
You can, of course, turn the RB67 sideways to avoid the vignetting - great fun if you are shooting hand-held with a WLF

 

[Deleted member 88956]

You can, of course, turn the RB67 sideways to avoid the vignetting - great fun if you are shooting hand-held with a WLF

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

I've had my pro SD since '92. Love it. One day I'll come full circle and it will be my only film camera again.

 

[sixby45]

This made me laugh out loud!