[Leica] Mamiya 6

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

If they made a 24x24mm format 35mm camera who knows how much more film would
have been shot?
Why not make a square format digital camera? Or one with that format in the
options? I'd buy one!
Its great to never have to turn your camera on its side.


On 7/21/14 5:17 AM, "Chris Crawford" <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Richard. I am still shooting the Mamiya 6! I used it with the 50mm
> lens and Ilford Delta 3200 film at EI-1600 for this photo. That let me
> handhold the shot; it was early evening and this is in the shade because
> of the trees. The exposure was 1/30 at f11.
> 
> The Mamiya 6 is wonderful. I have always loved 6x6; the square format
> works for my work well (though I did crop this photo a bit on the sides),
> but other 6x6 cameras I have used were not really handholdable. I had a
> Mamiya C330f when I was younger, and shot my art school graduation project
> on it:
> 
> http://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-results.php?category=60
> 
> Loved the image quality, and the fact that the camera and lenses were
> inexpensive, but it was too heavy for me to hold, and using it on a tripod
> was a pain because of the waist level finder (I know they made a prism,
> but I didn't have one...was a poor student then). I had to sell it after
> college because I needed money. Later, I was able to get a Hasselblad.
> Same problems, except I did have a prism for it, but the lenses were very
> heavy. Sold it and got the Mamiya 6 a year and a half ago.
> 
> Wish I'd just begun with the Mamiya 6, it is perfect. I had not shot a
> single frame of 35mm film since getting it, until last week when I shot a
> roll to use for a developing demonstration for someone who paid me to
> teach her to develop film. The student (who is actually a high school art
> teacher) shoots only 35, so I used it for my lesson.




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Mark William Rabiner
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