Realgrumpytyke

By Realgrumpytyke

More camera porn

Having spent many hours yesterday and today (Wednesday) trying to get a few things sorted on Lofty the camper, I gave up late afternoon completely knackered. I'm now only fit for doing things at waist level, not on my knees with head in an engine compartment. Lofty hasn't moved out of the car park since getting back from Romania at the end of last August but I'd like him running OK for Easter if possible.
However, with sunny days at last I thought I'd dig out the 'big camera', which I haven't used since my first ride in an ambulance, to A&E, in June 2014. If I can spend hours with head in engine compartment then I might manage a trip or two with this bulky kit - there are two film holders with only a couple of shots taken in 2014 to use up, just for a start. Anyway, having got a bit into macro I might try a few inside with this setup; a 20x16in print of a macro on a 6x9 negative is really where this comes into its own.
So, in the picture:
Mamiya Universal on a tripod, the camera with 75mm lens mounted. The viewfinder for this lens is mounted on top but I'd usually use this camera by viewing on a rear ground glass screen so I've put a right angled finder on the back.
The Mamiya Sekor lenses at the front are, from the left, 50mm, 65mm, 100mm, 150mm and the gigantic 250mm, f/5 (very roughly 20mm, 28mm, 40mm, etc in 35mm equivalent). The only lens I do not have is the superb 100mm, f/2.8, which still commands very high prices (if I happen to make a trip to Japan ;-) maybe I'll find one at a reasonable price).
In between camera and lenses are a motorised back which gives nine 6x8cm negatives on 120 film, or 18 on 220; it can be operated manually if batteries are flat. Then there's a set of extension tubes for macro and a 'sports finder' on top of them. Finally there's a manual 6x9cm film holder.
I have quite a few more bits and pieces including three more bodies, two of which (Mamiya Press) have bellows to correct verticals on architectural shots, more film holders giving 6x9, 6x7, 6x6 and 6x4.5 negatives on 120/220 film and even holders for cut film.
PS. I really wish there was a 'preview' function on blipfoto; I 'lost' my text when I went elsewhere to check something so have had to rewrite the above, hence posted Thursday morning not Wednesday evening. It's not the first time I've done that.

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