Decided to Go Totally Retro with a Mamiya RB67 6X7 Ca. 1970
I've been sort of drifting back to film, specifically B&W. Picked up a Pentax LX (the top of line ca. 1980) and several lenses. Took a bunch of nice pics at a Cowboy Action Shooting match. Ended up digitizing them and sending to the participants. Decided I might want to try 120 film, so just got a 1970 Mamiya RB67 w/127 lens and 120 back. Picked it up from Fleabay for $199 shipped from Japan. Bought it on 11/13, arrived on 11/17. It's a monster, all mechanical and metal, weighs 6 pounds. B&H has 120 film. Will dig out my heavy tripod, Gossen meter and shoot some landscapes. At least I'll get out of the house with a specific purpose. Will post results in a while.
Beats having to wait (and pay for) for a Nikon 850; duh!
Church Key
Church Key wrote:
I've been sort of drifting back to film, specifically B&W. Picked up a Pentax LX (the top of line ca. 1980) and several lenses. Took a bunch of nice pics at a Cowboy Action Shooting match. Ended up digitizing them and sending to the participants. Decided I might want to try 120 film, so just got a 1970 Mamiya RB67 w/127 lens and 120 back. Picked it up from Fleabay for $199 shipped from Japan. Bought it on 11/13, arrived on 11/17. It's a monster, all mechanical and metal, weighs 6 pounds. B&H has 120 film. Will dig out my heavy tripod, Gossen meter and shoot some landscapes. At least I'll get out of the house with a specific purpose. Will post results in a while.
Beats having to wait (and pay for) for a Nikon 850; duh!
Church Key
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Have fun with your new to you Mamiya. I miss my Hasselblads but gave up fim when I could no longer get my favorite films,developers and enlarging papers.
I never owned one, but I did use one for a while. They are big, bulky, heavy and wonderful to work with. Enjoy!
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TriX
Loc: Raleigh, NC
It’s a beast and built like a tank. Lenses and backs are dirt cheap now. Make sure the back doesn’t need new foam for light sealing, and pay attention to those red lines in the finder 🙄 (unless you want to take the top off eveyone’s Head because you had the back rotated incorrectly). Congrats and post some shots.
Cheers
Church Key wrote:
I've been sort of drifting back to film, specifically B&W. Picked up a Pentax LX (the top of line ca. 1980) and several lenses. Took a bunch of nice pics at a Cowboy Action Shooting match. Ended up digitizing them and sending to the participants. Decided I might want to try 120 film, so just got a 1970 Mamiya RB67 w/127 lens and 120 back. Picked it up from Fleabay for $199 shipped from Japan. Bought it on 11/13, arrived on 11/17. It's a monster, all mechanical and metal, weighs 6 pounds. B&H has 120 film. Will dig out my heavy tripod, Gossen meter and shoot some landscapes. At least I'll get out of the house with a specific purpose. Will post results in a while.
Beats having to wait (and pay for) for a Nikon 850; duh!
Church Key
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Used that beast for years shooting weddings... A tank is right except if you bump the lens.
127 is the equivalent to a 50mm. Try the 80mm for wide angle and the 180 for portrait. These two extra lenses are still unbeaten in my opinion. 180 has an inside filter so if you go that way, make sure you get the three add-on inside filters.
PixelStan77 wrote:
Have fun with your new to you Mamiya. I miss my Hasselblads but gave up fim when I could no longer get my favorite films,developers and enlarging papers.
Hard to believe. Chicago doesn’t have film? Portland,which is much smaller, has a thriving film culture.
Had a Mamiya C330 and all three lenses that I loved. Stupid that I gave it away.
Church Key wrote:
I've been sort of drifting back to film, specifically B&W. Picked up a Pentax LX (the top of line ca. 1980) and several lenses. Took a bunch of nice pics at a Cowboy Action Shooting match. Ended up digitizing them and sending to the participants. Decided I might want to try 120 film, so just got a 1970 Mamiya RB67 w/127 lens and 120 back. Picked it up from Fleabay for $199 shipped from Japan. Bought it on 11/13, arrived on 11/17. It's a monster, all mechanical and metal, weighs 6 pounds. B&H has 120 film. Will dig out my heavy tripod, Gossen meter and shoot some landscapes. At least I'll get out of the house with a specific purpose. Will post results in a while.
Beats having to wait (and pay for) for a Nikon 850; duh!
Church Key
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Great find!
My favorite camera of all time!
Liked it better than Hasselblad.
Had a 50, 90 & 180 and a lot of backs.
(The 120 back from the Graflex XL fits it too though w/o double exposure prevention)
Have fun with it!!!
BHC
Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA
Church Key wrote:
I've been sort of drifting back to film, specifically B&W. Picked up a Pentax LX (the top of line ca. 1980) and several lenses. Took a bunch of nice pics at a Cowboy Action Shooting match. Ended up digitizing them and sending to the participants. Decided I might want to try 120 film, so just got a 1970 Mamiya RB67 w/127 lens and 120 back. Picked it up from Fleabay for $199 shipped from Japan. Bought it on 11/13, arrived on 11/17. It's a monster, all mechanical and metal, weighs 6 pounds. B&H has 120 film. Will dig out my heavy tripod, Gossen meter and shoot some landscapes. At least I'll get out of the house with a specific purpose. Will post results in a while.
Beats having to wait (and pay for) for a Nikon 850; duh!
Church Key
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I only had mine for a short time, but I loved the image quality and versatility. The only thing I didn’t like was having to cock the shutter and advance the film with two completely separate mechanisms - oh, and forgetting to replace the dark slide when I changed backs. I traded it for my Hasselblad because my wife got tired of lugging it around for me.
BHC wrote:
I only had mine for a short time, but I loved the image quality and versatility. The only thing I didn’t like was having to cock the shutter and advance the film with two completely separate mechanisms - oh, and forgetting to replace the dark slide when I changed backs. I traded it for my Hasselblad because my wife got tired of lugging it around for me.
My RZ (which I still have), has the single stroke wind-on film, and shutter cocking lever. got the outfit of 50mm 65mm 110mm and 250mm,plus 120 220 and 16exp 6 x 4.5 back. I later added a Fish-eye 38mm and 90mm RB lenses. The meter prism was very useful in Aerial shooting, with a 70mm film back. Added versatility was that I could shoot in 6x7..6x6..and 6x4.5 formats. My later acquired Hasselblad felt like a 'Toy' , in weight comparison. Had to do my own lugging around. But I remained my own boss.
Had one for a while, but switched to the Mamiya 7. It is much lighter than the RB67, uses optically identically lenses, but is viewfinder rather than reflex. That accounts for the far lighter weight and easier handling. Fujichrome 50 is my film of choice, and is readily available on line, as is developing and digitizing.
My lenses are the three mentioned above plus a 350. I bought mine many years ago, but the same are available used/inexpensive now.
I never left film, rather added digital to my arsenal. I would like to get an RB-67 some day.
--Bob
Church Key wrote:
I've been sort of drifting back to film, specifically B&W. Picked up a Pentax LX (the top of line ca. 1980) and several lenses. Took a bunch of nice pics at a Cowboy Action Shooting match. Ended up digitizing them and sending to the participants. Decided I might want to try 120 film, so just got a 1970 Mamiya RB67 w/127 lens and 120 back. Picked it up from Fleabay for $199 shipped from Japan. Bought it on 11/13, arrived on 11/17. It's a monster, all mechanical and metal, weighs 6 pounds. B&H has 120 film. Will dig out my heavy tripod, Gossen meter and shoot some landscapes. At least I'll get out of the house with a specific purpose. Will post results in a while.
Beats having to wait (and pay for) for a Nikon 850; duh!
Church Key
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As long as you'rte enjoying it, then that's what's right for you. Six pounds!
EDIT: Looking on ebay just now, you got it for a very good price.
Church Key wrote:
I've been sort of drifting back to film, specifically B&W. Picked up a Pentax LX (the top of line ca. 1980) and several lenses. Took a bunch of nice pics at a Cowboy Action Shooting match. Ended up digitizing them and sending to the participants. Decided I might want to try 120 film, so just got a 1970 Mamiya RB67 w/127 lens and 120 back. Picked it up from Fleabay for $199 shipped from Japan. Bought it on 11/13, arrived on 11/17. It's a monster, all mechanical and metal, weighs 6 pounds. B&H has 120 film. Will dig out my heavy tripod, Gossen meter and shoot some landscapes. At least I'll get out of the house with a specific purpose. Will post results in a while.
Beats having to wait (and pay for) for a Nikon 850; duh!
Church Key
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That was my dream camera 40 years ago. I was shooting only 120 back then but it was on a Yashica TLR. It has to be awesome to use interchangeable lenses on a medium format. Congratulations :-)
Church Key wrote:
I've been sort of drifting back to film, specifically B&W. Picked up a Pentax LX (the top of line ca. 1980) and several lenses. Took a bunch of nice pics at a Cowboy Action Shooting match. Ended up digitizing them and sending to the participants. Decided I might want to try 120 film, so just got a 1970 Mamiya RB67 w/127 lens and 120 back. Picked it up from Fleabay for $199 shipped from Japan. Bought it on 11/13, arrived on 11/17. It's a monster, all mechanical and metal, weighs 6 pounds. B&H has 120 film. Will dig out my heavy tripod, Gossen meter and shoot some landscapes. At least I'll get out of the house with a specific purpose. Will post results in a while.
Beats having to wait (and pay for) for a Nikon 850; duh!
Church Key
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You got a good deal. 127mm is a pretty versatile focal length with the field of view of a 62mm lens in 35mm format. The RB-67 has been my most used camera since 1972. They were built to last. I’ll be developing 6 rolls of Ektachrome Type B later today. Love those 6 x 7 transparencies.
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