Mamiya Universal

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Mamiya Universal

The Mamiya Universal is a press camera from the Japanese manufacturer Mamiya with an image format of 6 × 9 cm .

description

The Mamiya Universal was the last of a series of press cameras of this type from Mamiya (see also camera system ) , which was built from 1969 to the 1990s. The area of ​​application ranged from press photos to passport photos to landscape and macro photography. The upright shape is characteristic. The company Polaroid brought instant versions of the Mamiya Press onto the market (600 with 127 mm fixed focal length and 600SE with interchangeable lenses). Other variants included the Press, the Super 23, and the Universal Press in black paint. In contrast to its predecessors, the Universal (hence the name) was not equipped with a certain type of interchangeable magazine connection, but instead allowed Mamiya's own film cassettes or film cassettes to be attached via the two adapters "M" (Mamiya) and "G" ( Graflex ) . of Graflex backs, the latter also including the interchangeable magazines for the Mamiya RB67, which were also designed to be Graflex compatible.

The Mamiya 6 and Mamiya 7, which are also rangefinder cameras, but sacrifice flexibility in favor of ease of use, can possibly be seen as the late successors of the Universal.

Technical Equipment

  • Interchangeable lenses with bayonet from 50 to 250 mm focal length
  • coupled rangefinder with parallax compensation ; Frame mirroring for 100, 150 and 250 mm focal length
  • Interchangeable magazine for roll film (formats 6 × 9, 6 × 7, 6 × 4.5 cm), sheet film , Polaroid instant film and a focusing screen for viewing images
  • Adapter for using Graflex / Mamiya RB magazines
  • Large format lenses, d. H. the shutter button was located directly on the lens (similar to Alpa ).
  • Handle with cable release
  • external viewfinder for 50 and 75 mm lenses.
  • The standard lens is retractable.
  • Close-up rings for macro photography

Available lenses

50 mm f / 6.3, 65 mm f / 6.3, 75 mm f / 5.6, 90 mm, 100 mm (three variants, including f / 3.5 and f / 2.8), 127 mm f / 4.7, 150 mm (two variants f / 5.6), 250 mm f / 5, 250 mm f / 8

Dimensions

  • Dimensions: 167 (H) × 121 (W) × 114 (D) mm (with 100 mm lens)
  • Weight: housing 950 g, 100 mm lens 480 g, handle 300 g

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