I just inherited this

[webestang64]

Sorry I mentioned it. Jeesh.

 

[denum]

I am sorry for the loss of your brother. You now have a nice little momento...cherish it.

 

[zacster]

I finished the roll that was in the camera after taking 7 or 8 shots with it and had it developed and scanned. The photos of my brother with his dog look to be about 5 years old and looked good although my brother was slightly out of focus where the dog was sharp. The photos I took were all kind of washed out. I'm thinking the film got too old but the photos already on it were OK? It was Ektar 100 film. I put a roll of Portra 400 in it but I haven't shot anything yet. I'll give this roll a chance.

I did some auto-correct in Apple Photos and they look a bit better. I'll have to learn how to use the computer tools. There's a full copy of Photoshop and Lightroom on another computer in my house. Maybe I should give those a try too.

 

[Don Fischer]

I finished the roll that was in the camera after taking 7 or 8 shots with it and had it developed and scanned. The photos of my brother with his dog look to be about 5 years old and looked good although my brother was slightly out of focus where the dog was sharp. The photos I took were all kind of washed out. I'm thinking the film got too old but the photos already on it were OK? It was Ektar 100 film. I put a roll of Portra 400 in it but I haven't shot anything yet. I'll give this roll a chance.

I did some auto-correct in Apple Photos and they look a bit better. I'll have to learn how to use the computer tools. There's a full copy of Photoshop and Lightroom on another computer in my house. Maybe I should give those a try too.

I had that same camera ands loved it. But a nephew went pro and all he had was a 35mm so I gave my 645 to him. It got great photo's. had an RB 67 at the same time and preferred the 645.

 

[mikbone]

condolences on the loss of your brother

 

[RodKlukas]

There is a place called: film for Classics. that respools film for antique cameras.

Film for Classics - Providing film for antique cameras. Rochester, NY and Worldwide.

Just so people know where to look.

Rod

 

[joelbolden]

Why is that too bad? That film seems to be plentiful and I get 16 shots per roll of 120, 32 of 220. It is possible to get a digital back for the camera too, but they are very expensive for someone that doesn't even know what to do with it. I thought the film would be expensive, but so far I'm not finding it to be terribly expensive, not considering how little I'm likely to use it.

My adult kids are all coming to the house today, and it is a sunny day. That sounds like an opportunity to take some family shots.

I own 20 film cameras that shoot 35mm, and I've 3 that shoot 120; plus digitals. My first choice when shooting anymore(and I often carry 3 different cameras) is my 120's, unless it's a too distant object for the lens. The color(I only shoot color), clarity and depth of those shots is beyond anything I can do with the 35's....It's not opinion, it's science. The Mamiya is an excellent camera....enjoy.

 

[zacster]

I was going through some more of my brother's things this weekend and I found a whole stash of 127 film! It was all dated 2014 and earlier though, as well as the 35mm and 120 film in the box. I didn't throw it out but don't know what to do with it. One thing I do know is that the old 120 film that I used that came out washed out when I had it developed and scanned I could color correct and it looked pretty good when I did. Maybe old film is still usable with the current tools we have. Back in the old days you really had to know what you were doing to color correct something like that. It might be worth playing with it, just to say I did it.

 

[MartinCrabtree]

I'd shoot it. Nothing critical of course but what the heck have some fun.

 

[Tea biscuit]

A Mamiya ! An amazing tool in able hands. Great inheritance.
Regards

Somnath

 

[zacster]

I just bought my first accessory for this beast, a Metz flash for TTL shooting. I hope it all works together. The adapter that I could find was the earlier model but there were people that have used it and got full functionality out of it. The newer adapter was designed to be upgradeable but then Mamiya/Phase One quit and no upgrades ever happened. What prompted me is I took the camera to my son's wedding to shoot but the light was so low only the steadiest shots were usable. I tried to find a spot with more light but then I'd have to wrangle people to go there. He had a professional photographer there too so it didn't matter. Also, another camera from the stash was used to good effect, a Nikon F100 with an F1.4 lens that my daughter used. Those came out pretty good if a bit grainy. I cleaned up one of those shots with one of the AI programs and it works, but then the shot looked...digital.

 

[zacster]

That 3951 adapter that I bought to go with the Metz flash just stopped working. I took a few successful shots using it and they looked really good, but then when I tried it again it wouldn't fire. The flash still fired but it would not fire with the adapter on the camera. Since I also had the Nikon adapter I tried the Metz with my D7000 and it worked just fine. I also had the generic adapter for the Metz and that worked with my Mamiya but not in TTL mode. I got lucky though and found a 3952 adapter and all the functionality of the Metz came into play. I could see the aperture on the flash, the focal length of the lens I was using so it could set flash angle, I got flash ready in the camera viewfinder, and all of the modes would work with it. Now all I have to do is finish the roll so I can see them. I took both bounce and direct flash shots with full TTL control. And that Metz flash is a beast.

 

[petrochemist]

What 127-film cameras? All I see is a Mamiya 645.

I too saw that first, but when I saw mention of 127 film I read the text...

 

[terri]

There were also two 127 film cameras, but I found out that the film is basically unavailable for those.

This is why, OVER A YEAR AGO, @webestang64 made the comment about the availability of 127 film. There has been needless confusion about this.

So - there you are, mystery solved.

Carry on.

 

[greybeard]

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