07/24/2025
I give you, the Mamiya 6. My favorite camera I ever shot and owned and an iconic camera in the history of photography.
It’s the Zen of Photography camera.
What do I mean by that? It’s a medium format rangefinder, so you are slowed down in focusing (until you master it young grasshopper) and in frames you can shoot (as you get either 12 or 24).
It’s like a 35mm on steroids as you bring it to the eye, composing horizontal. The glass, world class. The lens is a wide angle, a 50mm f/4. Tact sharp. Has a simple meter thru the lens.
This is a camera if you are practitioner of studied scenes, street photography, vignettes of life. With a flash on the hotshoe or off-camera, you can go fun frontal flash i..e. Martin Parr or Gilden. It also has the unique 2,4 and 8 second settings on the shutter speed dial for when ya don’t want to schlep a tripod but want to do a few long exposures.