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What a great job he did. It looks very professional, even though the numbers produced must be fairly low. I wonder how the shutter mechanism works, on most medi
by jacquesm 11mo ago
What a great job he did. It looks very professional, even though the numbers produced must be fairly low. I wonder how the shutter mechanism works, on most medium format cameras that's a work of art and a project in its own right.
- iNerdier 11mo agoIt uses mamiya press lenses, the focusing helicoid and shutter are in the lens.
- lizknope 11mo agoWhat is the quality like for these lenses? This says the system was discontinued in the 1970s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamiya_Press https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamiya_Press I've seen a lot of Mamiya 645 and 67 systems but those were probably from the 1980's and 90's.
- staticautomatic 11mo agoI can't speak for the Mamiya Press but the Zeiss Planar 80mm f/2.8 for the Graflex XL is rad.
- iNerdier 11mo agoGood for the time but dated. When your negative is the big it doesn’t matter as much but it’s absolutely not as sharp as more modern constructions. It’s also arguably a step down to use his printed body versus the original Mamiya press in terms of functionality other than reduced weight. Still an impressive design though.
- jacquesm 11mo agoAhh, I totally missed that detail. That makes the whole thing so much more feasible.
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- moralestapia 11mo agoSee "Camera Specifics" on [1], for a casual but accurate explanation. Photography is an amazing hobby, highly recommend diving into it ^^! 1: https://photothinking.com/2021-07-03-mamiya-press-super-23-frustratingly-good/ https://photothinking.com/2021-07-03-mamiya-press-super-23-f...