Mamiya RB67
What a Mamiya RB67 actually produces — 9 photographs shot on one by members here.
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The Mamiya RB67 is a 6x7 SLR built for the studio, introduced in 1970 and produced for decades in Pro, Pro S and Pro SD forms. It is entirely mechanical, with no battery anywhere, and you get 10 frames on a roll of 120.
The R in the name is the feature everyone remembers: a revolving back. Turn the back a quarter turn and you switch between portrait and landscape framing without turning the camera on its side. That is a huge help on a tripod, and markings in the finder show which way you are framing.
Focusing is by bellows rather than a helicoid, so the camera can focus very close without extension tubes. The leaf shutter sits in each lens, with speeds to 1/400 and flash sync at every one of them. You cock the shutter with a lever on the side of the body and wind the film separately on the back, which takes a roll or two to get used to.
It is heavy, and it is happiest on a tripod. In return you get a large, detailed negative and a camera that can be repaired almost indefinitely. With the 127mm lens and Portra 160, it is a classic portrait setup.
Images taken with the Mamiya RB67
Baubles PahaPlager · Kodak Ektachrome 64
Tulipomania PahaPlager · Kodak Ektachrome 64
entered as “Mamiya RB-67”
Red Baron circa 1985 mark1foto · Kodak Tri-X 400
Bold Beauty mark1foto · Not sure
Patrick of County Laois PahaPlager · Kodak Tri-X 400
entered as “RB-67”
Downstream of Palouse Falls PahaPlager · Ilford Pan F Plus
entered as “Mamiya RB-67”
Retired 127 PahaPlager · Ilford Pan F Plus
entered as “RB-67”
Ol’ 127 PahaPlager · Ilford Pan F Plus
entered as “RB-67”
Roses are red, daisies are blue Tollef · Harman Switch Azure
entered as “RB67”
Lenses people use on it
Taken from what members recorded on the frames above, in their own wording. Counts, not recommendations.
Film shot on it
Each one links through to every frame on that stock, from any camera.