Quiet, compact and lightweight, the Mamiya 7 II has a built-in Aperture Priority A/E meter with fully manual exposure capability. It is 'The Ultimate 6x7 Rangefinder', virtually no bigger than the top 35mm SLRs. So it is with sadness that I let it go – but I do hope that the person who wins it in the auction has much happiness with it, and takes some awesome images. Descriptions: The Mamiya 7 II is a medium format 6x7cm rangefinder camera with interchangeable leaf shutter lenses. I believe he has a show on right now at the Otago Museum) I believe Andris Apse (New Zealand Landscape Photographer) uses this camera often with his images. The format of the negatives also makes it a great camera for landscapes, and the ultra-wide 50mm lens is also good for this. I believe it is/was a polular camera among photojournalists because of this. This always suited my shooting style while on the go. It feels inconsipcous the way that a 35mm does, and isn’t much bigger or heavier. The Mamiya 7 II allows you to pick the camera up, much like a 35mm SLR, Look-through, and shoot. For me in particular, I could never quite get used to the medium format cameras that you looked down into and I never got to experience a viewfinder that allowed me to “look-through” until much later in my camera years. It enlarges well to print in the darkroom with original darkroom paper sizing, it is more versatile than 6 x 6 and of course, the quality is so much higher than 35mm. The negative is 6 x 7 which is a lovely format. But this is a great camera and I’ll tell you why I love it.
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