Mamiya 35mm camera with 50mm C lens.....your thoughts...

[harlequin]

Hello Team,

Did some garage sale shopping last weekend and picked up a black Mamiya, nc1000 camera, the writing silk screened on the body was worn off but it came with clean 50mm C lens looks like similar markings to rb67 lenses....

Questions,

A looks like a robust little camera anybody use this model, feedback?
What intrigues me is the Mamiya C lens, probably not planar quality, but good?
It looks like a mechanical design with battery powered meter?

Any tips suggestions or photo samples greatly appreciated!
Obscure find for 15$, can hardly wait to run roll of tri x through it...

Thanks!

Harlequin

 

[ic-racer]

Pictures? Not familiar with that model. Everyone seems to drool over older mechanical rangefinders, but I prefer compact SLRs with meters. Seems like a great deal.

---Ok I found a picture of one. Neat camera, looks like a Mamiya "OM-1"

 

[randyB]

I sold these in the late 70's, if I remember correctly, they came out after the 500/1000DTL M42 mount cameras. They were entry level consumer cameras. The switch to a bayonet mount greatly restricted their lens compatibility. They could have been made by Ricoh or Cosina as their build quality was noticeably different than the DTL series.

 

[Paul Howell]

The 1000 was a pretty good M42 mount camera, lens were sharp, makes a good walk around if the shutter is accurate and if the meter still works. They also made a version with 2 pin meter coupled version that like the Pentax F allowed for open aperture metering with 2 pins lens, pin set up was different from the Pentax 2 pin lens. I have a Mamiya 50mm in storage, a good lens but no better than Pentax, Yashica or other M42 of the time.

 

[ts1000]

I read (no personal experience) that SX lenses are harder to adapt to digital... in case this is something you were thinking as well.

 

[Makarovio]

Well, my main thought that Mamiya NC1000s is the best camera from that era of SLR.
Compact, lenses are sharp and affordable.
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