Mamiya RB67

[D0NTREPLY]

Question: Why the fuck does this camera remind me of 1800 style camera? It has a lever for gods sake and the shutter button is non-existent, it's some small button at the bottom of the camera. Considering the digital age we live in, they could have made it look more modern, it looks like a horrible.

[ReinisLismanis]

Hi! What does the lever on the film back do? The one that covers or uncovers the red dot...

[robmoses]

I enjoyed your video :) Good job.

[Spaeckli]

I still have to do the shot with a DSLR first to try out the right metering xD

[NalivkaAC130]

as far as image quality goes, could the detail in a well processed RB67 image have better detail than one from a digital 18 MP canon 7D?

[jaimeb82bcn]

Good question, the lens has 3 rings, one for f/stop, one for speed and one for distance to subject with option of infinity. For that reason the bellows are used to focus. There is no focusing ring on the lens basically.

[eennaamofzo]

@jaimeb82bcn Actuallly, on for example, the 50mm, the distance to subject, third ring on the lens, is used to correct the floating element in the lens. At the 90 mm there are no floating elements however.

[whothennow24]

Sorry for the amateur question, but why don't you focus the lens by turning the ring on the lens? Is the knob on the camera just an extra way to focus the lens? Like a fine-tuner?

[jbphotographe]

poor video... semms like jaime learns how to use his own camera while filming :)

Some things (which made me fall in love with the RB67) are missing in this footage:

-turning back (ok, seen on video, but) turning marks in the viewfinder!! when I saw this I decided to buy one :)

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[mactopolis]

What amazing craftsmenship..better than the Sweds and German

[watterrbottle]

turns.. is like magic...

Nice vid

[milesian1]

I'm getting one of these bad boys for portrait and landscape photography. Thanks for the clear tutorial.

[jonobonnowonno1]

magic haha 4:14, i love the design for the protrait and lanscape

[twanisforever]

thanks for the video very interesting

thx for the tips.. beautiful camera...

[canont9]

excellent medium format camera, i still use one to this day. and yes i even handhold it sometimes

[Ampex196]

Thank you for the great video - it covers all of the basic features.

I used a Mamiya RB67 kit for many years during the late 70s & 80s. For the young & fit photographer it is not excessively heavy - I used mine handheld wuth a prism head (adding even more weight).

Come to think of it - I'd love to get my hands on one again - they are very nice!

[andreshidalgo]

muy bueno Jaime, soy de BsAs pero vivo en Andorra la mitad del año, donde se puede revelar los rollos de 6x7 en BCN? graciès

[CanonT90]

Thank you very much for showing. Fantastic camera. I am considering getting one (or the similar RZ67) but got scared about what some people said that it was really heavy. But it seems to be a bearable heavy, thanx.

[XxChumpyFlumpyxX]

yeh i think u can get a digital back to fit, i think mamiya do 1 also you can get an adaptor

[MissSAlexander]

can the rb67 be mounted to a digital back?

[CanonT90]

Mamiya came with an adapter for a digital back last year for the RB67 Pro-S and Pro-SD. You can check the details on the Mamiya website.

[jtbernard1]

thanks alot. very descriptive and you can see everything your talking about.

[jaimeb82bcn]

thanks for your comment man! this video thing gets addictive, doesn't it?

[TheJugglingJohn]

Good work man, the more videos you make the better they'll get, but this is really cool.

[brepettis]

beautiful camera! Thanks for the nice video!

[jaimeb82bcn]

Thanks a lot Bre. And thanks for making those cool videos that made me find my old analog sony cam and made some videos.