Andrew O'Neill
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Yes, I know this isn't my recently acquired Hasselblad, but I've had this camera for almost a year, and I needed to play with it first... I took it out into the field, pretty much cold turkey... Had a blast!
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Mamiya 645 Pro First Time Outing
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MattKing
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We need to talk Andy 
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Hope to see you at the next meeting.
!Hope to see you at the next meeting.
The first thing I did with my Mamiya was to remove the winder and use a hand crank.
The second was to replace the metered finder with a waist level one.
That said the AE mode is very accurate.
The camera is great until you wish to use it in portrait position.
I am as confused as you are when using the metered prism which kind of reminds me of a Nikon FM
MattKing
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Like so many other things, the metered prisms work much, much better when you use them enough to be used to them.
They are particularly useful when you use the auto-exposure settings.
And as noted, you really need one if you take shots in portrait orientation - kind of useful when photographing trees. Or for that matter, old machinery:
The difficulty with portrait orientation is the reason why the used waist level finders are so expensive. Almost no one bought them!
One of the reasons you see so many with winders is that Mamiya sold a lot that way in a package to wedding photographers - who were definitely the target market for them.
They are particularly useful when you use the auto-exposure settings.
And as noted, you really need one if you take shots in portrait orientation - kind of useful when photographing trees
. Or for that matter, old machinery:
One of the reasons you see so many with winders is that Mamiya sold a lot that way in a package to wedding photographers - who were definitely the target market for them.
Excellent video!!
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Andrew O'Neill
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One thing is for certain. It's pretty hard to beat Mamiya glass. Sharp!
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Andrew O'Neill
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Thanks!
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MattKing
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Indeed, it was!
I have a few of those
The print you saw at our last meeting was also from there, and was on 6x4.5 TMax as well.
Probably the same camera - although I had a 645 Super for a while as well.
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Andrew O'Neill
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I've got two boxes of 4x5 TMY that I've got to crack open. When it was affordable, I used to shoot it and TMX in 8x10. Best films ever. Now I can only afford (being a pensioner 
) 120 TMY/TMX.
) 120 TMY/TMX.
The form/function of this camera is so much like the Contax 645. Zoom lens and all.
Some say the Mamiya and its lenses are equal to the Contax system at half the price!
With Mamiya 645 cameras, and other MF SLRs, for critical sharpness you really need to use the Mirror lock when shooting on a tripod. When shooting hand held you dampen the mirror vibration, but it resonates on a tripod.
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Ian
Really the other way round. The Mamiya came out in 1975.....Contax in 1999.
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Andrew O'Neill
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I knew the camera had this feature, but forgot about it...The negatives still came out sharp, though. Thanks for the reminder!
MattKing
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Most times I use the self timer rather than a cable release.
A bit more drain on battery life, but otherwise it works great.
And it includes mirror pre-release as well.
A bit more drain on battery life, but otherwise it works great.
And it includes mirror pre-release as well.
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Andrew O'Neill
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Speaking of the glass, this was a lens that I stumbled onto, used, but appeared brand new.
I can well believe it.
Made me think that the first of a set of twins isn't like the second, since he/she /they came out first,eh?
Made me think that the first of a set of twins isn't like the second, since he/she /they came out first,eh?
makes me think about the copycat....
I have an Arsat /Kiev lens in Contax mount just like this; but they are getting to heavy to carry
Andrew since you use releases all the time, I see the winder lets you use the standard release while the body takes an electronic release. i surmise your father in law had an electronic release stashed somewhere.
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