Mama Mia! MAMIYA!!

Kirks518 · Sep 28, 2015

My wife says it's a sickness.

Not Pictured: 3 more grips, one M645 Power Winder, 8 or 9 backs and 2 more WLF's for the RB, inserts for the M645, and some other miscellaneous stuff.

I say she's right - the incurable disease known as G.A.S.

Francesco_from_Rome · Sep 28, 2015

Yes it's GAS but I can't help to find it a wonderful view... thanks for sharing such goodness!

mooseontheloose · Sep 28, 2015

I believe you are missing the Mamiya 6 and/or 7...

gone · Sep 28, 2015

If you think it's incurable, then it is. If you think it isn't incurable, then it also is.

zozur · Sep 28, 2015

Yes you are sick, but I'll cure you. Just send me some cameras and lenses
Nice collection

Ghostman · Sep 28, 2015

I think you could diversify your insanity with the addition of an RZ67 and a Mamiya 7

Theo Sulphate · Sep 28, 2015

Other than the lack of an RZ, I see no problem here.

pentaxpete · Sep 28, 2015

I had to go to the cupboard and look at my Wife's collection of HANDBAGS to make me feel better --

Cycler · Sep 28, 2015

I can see what else is missing.

Mamiya 35mm kit!

I gave up my C330 Pro on doctor's orders. "I can't fix your hernia unless you get rid of this camera!

macfred · Sep 28, 2015

pentaxpete said:
I had to go to the cupboard and look at my Wife's collection of HANDBAGS to make me feel better --

I'm going to look at her collection of shoes ...

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What about a nice 120 folder (Mamiya Six) for this remarkable collection ?

paul ron · Sep 28, 2015

The cure?... cut your credit card into tiny pieces n stop looking in the classifieds. We're working on a patch for GAS.

Kirks518 · Sep 28, 2015

Cash only paul ron

I do have a 35mm Mamiya, but I don't ever use it (or 35mm)

Mamiya 6 or 7 is way out of my budget, and I'm not much of a RF guy

mweintraub · Sep 28, 2015

I have a 150mm 2.8 A to help you "cure" your GAS.

flavio81 · Sep 28, 2015

I say "Bravo!!" No better GAS than Mamiya GAS!!

Currently i own:

C330 (2 of them)
+ 55mm, 65mm, 80mm, 105mm, 135mm and 180 lenses
+ paramender, CdS-porrofinder, some hoods, and lateral grip.

RB67 (2 of them)
+ 50, 90, 127 and 180 lenses
+ 2 focusing screens, chimney finder

In the past i have had the C220 and the Mamiyaflex C2.

I'm now looking for another RB... my ultimate camera.

StephenT · Sep 28, 2015

You have only just begun.

pbromaghin · Sep 28, 2015

You are missing several lenses for the tlr's.

Sirius Glass · Sep 28, 2015

You can stop the Mamiya GAS if you will just start buying Hasselblads. Then your wife will stop complaining about you buying Mamiyas. :devil:

RobC · Sep 28, 2015

You brazen hussy, getting your kit out and flaunting it like that. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Sirius Glass · Sep 28, 2015

If you got, flaunt it.

Paul Howell · Sep 28, 2015

Need a Mamiya Pess or Universal, the Universal has 3 backs, the multiformat backs shoots 6.45 6X6 and 6X9, then there is the ground glass back, and 6 lens made the Universal, no 7, forgot that Mamiya made 2 normal for the Universal, a 100 3.5 and a 2.8, and I think 3 lens made for the Polaroid version. If you think a C330 is heavy try a Universal with a 250 5.6.

M Carter · Sep 28, 2015

"Needs an RZ"?? Nah. I really like the metal & leather cameras (esp. the battery-free RB). I think I'd rather have a Mamiya Six folder than a plastic Mamiya RF.

Don't know why but the old-school stuff appeals to me far more. So I thought that was a very pretty group shot.

flavio81 · Sep 30, 2015

M Carter said:
"I think I'd rather have a Mamiya Six folder than a plastic Mamiya RF.

Wear or any knock, and the front standard of the folder goes out of alignment and your sharpness goes down the toilet. No such problem with a fixed-front-standard camera like the Mamiya 6 or Mamiya 7. Also, the lenses for the "plastic" mamiyas are probably the sharpest medium format lenses ever made, bar none.

Trask · Sep 30, 2015

Cycler said:
I can see what else is missing.

Mamiya 35mm kit!

Ooohh, that'll cost him. After the M42 Mamiyas, they made a series of different 35mm "systems" that each had its unique lens mount -- a recipe for lose of market share. I do like my NC1000S purchased for a song.

Andrew O'Neill · Sep 30, 2015

You're only sick if you let them sit and collect dust.

M Carter · Oct 8, 2015

flavio81 said:
Wear or any knock, and the front standard of the folder goes out of alignment and your sharpness goes down the toilet. No such problem with a fixed-front-standard camera like the Mamiya 6 or Mamiya 7. Also, the lenses for the "plastic" mamiyas are probably the sharpest medium format lenses ever made, bar none.

Yeah, I know but if I don't get all teen-crush about the thing, I won't pick it up that much. I've gotten some of my favorite negs with my Minolta HiMatic because it's with me a lot. It's with me a lot because (partially) I think it's just got some mojo that hits me right (though the sharp glass and great meter, and very reliable auto exposure helps). Though if I do a studio 35 shoot with models or props or stylists, I take the N90s vs. the FG. Same glass, but faster to work with. But then again, if I go to some expense, I generally shoot with the RB for the big neg. And the RZ just doesn't appeal to me.

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