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Circa 1962, a newspaper photographer or two from either Columbus, Georgia, or Chicago. One thing we know for certain is that the camera is a Mamiyaflex. 4x5 acetate negative from the Shorpy News Archive. View full size.
Neither of them is wearing a hat that has a little card that says "PRESS" sticking out of it!
So, does the camera use 120 film? What's with the 4x5 comparison?
[The Mamiyaflex the man on the left is holding uses 120 roll film. This photo of the two men was made with a camera that uses 4x5 sheet film, and this is a scan of that negative. -tterrace]
ManyBuicks, I hate to admit this, but I owned and loved all of those except for the Ciroflex. The Mamiya was awesome and I had three lenses for it and a bunch of other goodies. Great glass and I used that system until about 1991. I loved twin-lens cameras.
ManyBuicks, I hate to admit this, but I owned and loved all of those except for the Ciroflex. The Mamiya was awesome and I had three lenses for it and a bunch of other goodies. Great glass and I used that system until about 1991. I loved twin-lens cameras.
The Mamiyaflex offered alternate focal length twin-lens assemblies that could be changed without removing the roll film. An outstanding camera which was a logical step up for this twin-lens fan. First, the modest Ciroflex, then a Rolleicrord followed by a Rolleiflex and then a Yashicamat. All producing 2-1/4 X 2-1/4 negatives on 120 film. The Mamiyflex had superb optics.
The Mamiyaflex film size is actually 2.25" x 2.25" Or it was also referred to as the 6 x 6 for the centimeter folks.
[4x5 in the caption refers to the negative size of this photo, not that of the camera in the photo. -tterrace]
[The kids these days think everything is a selfie! Thank you, tterrace. - Dave]
I owned a later version of this same camera in the 70s, a Mamiyaflex 330. It was a great medium format camera and had actual interchangeable lenses too. Not the "screw on the front of the normal lens" kind. In addition to the normal 80mm lens I also had a wide angle and telephoto lens to increase the versatility.
Edit: Sorry, read it too quickly and missed that all important period at the end of the sentence.
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