My Old Camera 1962 Mamiya C3 MF TLR
Oct 18, 2021 18:32:29 #
Decided to give her a bit of spit and polish / service and take her out for a last spin before retiring her to the display cabinet .... Possibly once a year from now on ....
Oct 18, 2021 18:52:14 #
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Oct 18, 2021 20:21:32 #
That's the camera that my college gave me to use as a school photographer! 2 1/4 square Tri-X film developed in Microdol. Great camera and lenses, as long as you could guestimate proper shutter speed and f-stop.
Oct 18, 2021 23:26:11 #
JoeJoe wrote:
Decided to give her a bit of spit and polish / service and take her out for a last spin before retiring her to the display cabinet .... Possibly once a year from now on ....
Nice camera, I still have one as well.
Oct 19, 2021 06:02:46 #
Oct 19, 2021 06:18:35 #
Nice! My first professional camera was the C33 in 1965. I had many years of use with it and passed it off to a niece in the 90's who was in a photography school.
Oct 19, 2021 06:24:46 #
My work study program in college was a photographer for BLM and this is what they gave me to use and a 60 second class in how to use it. Learned a lot from this camera.
Oct 19, 2021 09:24:18 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
JoeJoe wrote:
Decided to give her a bit of spit and polish / service and take her out for a last spin before retiring her to the display cabinet .... Possibly once a year from now on ....
That’s a double handful of a camera. I’d love to add one to my TLR collection, but they are still quite pricey. Yours looks like an excellent example.
Stan
Oct 19, 2021 09:35:58 #
I had one of those back in the day. Rugged, reliable, and great images. Plus, it was the only one, I think, of the TLRs that had interchangeable lenses.
Oct 19, 2021 10:26:32 #
I have the identical TLR in stellar condition. I rarely use this TRL since I also own a PentaX 67 II which I use more often than the TLR. Both cameras are built like tanks and about as heavy.
Oct 19, 2021 13:01:10 #
nimbushopper wrote:
Nice! My first professional camera was the C33 in 1965.
I picked up a "user" Mamiya C33 with a wide-angle and a 180mm lens in the 80s and then later on, several C220 bodies and an eye-level finder. Great cameras and compared to today's DSLRs with their motor drives and big zoom lenses; they are not that much bigger in size but they sure produced quality images. It was a step up from my Yashica-mats which were good inexpensive cameras too but had only the "normal" 80mm lens and waist-level finder.
Be well! Ed
Oct 19, 2021 17:28:29 #
My favorite cameras. Had the C-3 and the C-220 with several lenses. Loved the extension bellows! Only gave them up when I went to the 645. Also used by did not own the RB67. Which was a tank, but could produce great images with it. In a way I miss them.
Oct 19, 2021 17:34:54 #
My first pro wedding camera. What I liked about TLRs was the fact that you could see exactly what was happening when you pressed the shutter.
Oct 19, 2021 20:31:14 #
I have a Minolta Autocord, but resently broke the focusing lever. It will cost close to $200 to get it fixed, but I think I will do it when I get some extra cash. I think it will be worth it.
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