Retirement often coincides with a need to down-size.
Or simply noticing that all the while you were working, you acquired a bunch of stuff you neither use nor need.......
Do you have a coated one? Camera-wiki says 'all Mamiya Six lenses are uncoated'. (For full disclosure, I write a bit for CW, but I didn't write that, so I hoped there was some chance it was true).
..and yet I find photos of a mixture of coated ('D Zuiko F.C. 1:3,5 f=7,5cm') and uncoated in our pool at Flickr, and a statement on another page that customers could send their own lens to be mounted, which means all bets are off. I'll delete that statement..
(went and did that)
It was a clumsy edit, where someone had written 'all lenses on models I, Ia, ... and III are uncoated' (which may well be true) and someone else had simplified that to 'all Mamiya Six lenses', which we know isn't.
The question really comes down to do you want a TLR, TLR with interchangeable lenses, a folder without interchangeable lenses, or, included for completeness an SLR? There is no correct answer, only your personal answer. I have used all four and made my decision.
Yes, and we know you just love Rolleiflex over every other camera. Snicker, snicker!
I thought he loved the hasselfreeRolleibladflex?
Andy,
Yes, maybe I was mistaken. I knew it was something like that anyway. Well, we've baited the hook and now just have to wait for the fish to swim by and find it.
I think Andy was the one who baited the hook, and we've all taken the bait. Are you sufficiently entertained yet Andy?
I do like the Mamiya-Six, but not the film counter window. In dim lighting, it's really challenging. I've wound past numbers with almost every roll.
I think there is your answer. Time to move the Mamiya on to a new home.
Andy,
Yes, maybe I was mistaken. I knew it was something like that anyway. Well, we've baited the hook and now just have to wait for the fish to swim by and find it.
I think there is your answer. Time to move the Mamiya on to a new home.
No need to move the Mamiya-Six if he really likes it. Just switch from using Ilford films to using Foma 100. I've had a bitch of a time seeing Ilford numbers on my folders, but Foma numbers are a breeze to see. When I shoot Ilford film in my older folders I always have a small pocket notebook with me and the pen I use for that has a very small penlight built into the top end. I use the little penlight to see the numbers when I wind on with Ilford films.
Hang on a sec! Gotta pop some corn...
I have two C330's. A couple of 80mm lenses, as well as the two other FL's mentioned above. I guess you could say that I am invested in it... at least I was in my early days, until I bought an RB67 (but it's not square).
I do like the Mamiya-Six, but not the film counter window. In dim lighting, it's really challenging. I've wound past numbers with almost every roll.
I don't know if the earlier models had that feature. It's been so long ago since I sold mine I don't remeber for sure if it had it. All I know is mine had flash sync and a very good coated Zuiko "D" lens.Mamiya six folders have a film counter on the winding knob, once you load the film and have that set to 1 you don't need the red window. You take the photo, release the advance knob and wind, the camera is supposed to stop automatically for the next shot. Even if you don't reset the counter to 1 the advance still works properly. That's my experience anyway. Yes, I've had issues loading red window cameras, some film backing numbers are truly difficult to see through it.
I think Andy was the one who baited the hook, and we've all taken the bait. Are you sufficiently entertained yet Andy?
Which is the best TLR lens? Planar or Xenotar, or...
I can't help it. It's the troll in me.And you call me condescending.
I can't help it. It's the troll in me.
Mamiya six folders have a film counter on the winding knob, once you load the film and have that set to 1 you don't need the red window. You take the photo, release the advance knob and wind, the camera is supposed to stop automatically for the next shot. Even if you don't reset the counter to 1 the advance still works properly. That's my experience anyway. Yes, I've had issues loading red window cameras, some film backing numbers are truly difficult to see through it.
If you have one, it will be on the outside face of the knob. You have an earlier version than my old one, mine had "Made in Occupied Japan" on the bottom cover. Does your camera have a lock out button that needs pressed to advance the film?
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