6/13/2023 0 Comments Mamiya 6 flickrI was not happy about this – their web site and the invoice sent with the camera both said used cameras came with a six month guarantee and at no point had they indicated this camera didn’t qualify for that. When I spoke to the dealers about the light leak, they told me the camera only had a one month guarantee “because it was a commission sale” and by then I had owned the camera two months. But there’s no point in being the richest man in the graveyard and the price rises show no sign of stopping just now, so when The Classic Camera had a Mamiya 6 with all 3 lenses in stock with an advertised six month guarantee on used cameras, I took the (rather expensive) plunge. This, in turn, makes them more collectable which pushes up prices even further, to the point where the more recent compact medium format cameras now sell for thousands of pounds, whilst the bigger, heavier RB67 and even the fabulously capable GX680 can be had for under £1,000 with a standard lens and some accessories. Hype like this combined with the growing demand for medium format cameras that aren’t too heavy has pushed up prices. There are many online reviews saying how wonderful this camera is, and Ken Rockwell says “The Mamiya 6 is the world's most perfect camera system”. The “new” Mamiya 6 is a system camera with a choice of just three different lenses. This shouldn’t be confused with “old” Mamiya Six, a folding camera with fixed lens. Since my return to medium format, I’ve hankered after an interchangeable lens 6圆 rangefinder especially the “new” Mamiya 6.
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