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Mamiya 6 Digital ready on evilbay

Modified Mamiya 6 camera for Hasselblad V mount digital back with 75mm Lens !! | eBay


I don't know whether do be horrified or intrigued. Looks cool, but not exactly useable. I have to admit that over-indulgence of alcohol has made me consider doing something like this, but those ideas vanish with daylight and sobriety.

I'm sure this violates several forum rules, but it was too good not to post. Before you ask, yes this is real (at least the post is), and no I have no connection.
 

lowep

Member
at least looks as if the price is coming down

wonder if it is the same (korean?) tech

has anybody sighted one of these in the wild or can explain why the idea would not work???

i want one but wait for the price to become lower since it is still too high to risk on an untested experiment

after all $3500 is quite a lot for a glorified paperweight :facesmack:
 
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Oren Grad

Active member
The concept is appealing. But it's hard to know whether the rangefinder mechanism has sufficient precision to allow it to work well in practice.
 

Professional

Active member
I didn't see or handle Mamiya 6, but that my Mamiya 7II is good design and i don't see any issue with it, it is tough enough for walkaround, unless it dropped once to see, but i never felt the body design is not bulky enough.
 

Shashin

Well-known member
Tareq, you probably thought I was typing my post with a straight face. I think the Mamiya 6 was a great camera because of it small compact design. Putting a digital back on it really makes it rather useless.
 

Professional

Active member
Tareq, you probably thought I was typing my post with a straight face. I think the Mamiya 6 was a great camera because of it small compact design. Putting a digital back on it really makes it rather useless.

Ok, i stand corrected by you then, thanks.

I am not looking for using any DB on Mamiya 7II, i have RZ and 501CM and even LF for that, i will keep Mamiya 7II only dedicated for film.
 

lowep

Member
shashin it is already useless -- unless of course you have money to burn on (eek) film, or need a paperweight.

when you refer to this camera's size you appear to be conceiving of it as a functional tool that is completely missing the point: it is a ritual fetish for summoning dead ancestors.

think unicorn
 

Oren Grad

Active member
Tareq, you probably thought I was typing my post with a straight face. I think the Mamiya 6 was a great camera because of it small compact design. Putting a digital back on it really makes it rather useless.
I had a pair of 6's. Yes, putting a digital back and eyepiece extender on it will neutralize much of the elegance of the camera's design. But I don't know whether it will be any worse than, say, using an Alpa handheld with a digital back (or a film back, for that matter). If anything it might work more comfortably for right-eyed users, because the placement of the finder on the left should mean that you won't have to mash your nose against the back.
 

lowep

Member
kidneys! your own? both of them? I thought the mamiya 6 was a powerful fetish object but the mamiya 7 obviously takes the cake; human sacrifices, what next?
 
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