 Yo what up welcome back to another episode of distracting chest hair Well, this will probably be a quick one unless of course you're watching this video on quarter speed In which case you should stop and ask yourself why you are the way that you are I've always had these crazy no-safe word fantasies about owning a memia rz67 But never really quite thought that they were for me I always wondered if my one for it was just gear acquisition syndrome and not so much an actual need for it A lot of photography nerds out there have the rz or its older brother the rb67 And I felt left out of that club for some reason It felt kind of similar to not making the chest club in high school Even though the coach assured me it was no cut before I decided to sing some change into the system I thought it might be a good idea to test the camera out and see if it passes the vibe check Recently my friend Caleb and I wanted to go on a spiritual walkabout But we only had one day and no budget so instead we just walked around LA and shot some medium format in the form of 6x7 centimeter negatives I knew he had in his possession a memia rz67 pro 2 because we heavily stock each other's camera collections to the point where he got a Restraining order against me, but that's never stopped me before Caleb, and I'll be damned if it stops me now So we decided to swap cameras only temporarily of course I would use his memia rz67 and he would use my memia 7 C-man oh wait no let's talk about loading this bitch It's kind of a whole thing if you're unaware this camera uses a roll film back Which you need to detach and open up to reload where's the line that I used to go to it's right here like Lomo stuff It's really it starts like that Lomo's line comes. Yeah, it comes super fast Admittedly reloading this camera is not a very fast process, but it does allow for the use of multiple backs So it's kind of a trade-off. I don't ever shoot in the studio or do wedding or event photography So the whole multiple film back thing kind of finds no application for me Thus I'm kind of left with a slightly tedious reload process in my opinion I assume I'd get better and faster at it, you know with time But I guess just basically disassembling the component every time I want to reload isn't really my cup of tea toes handmade vodka Anyway after a quick blood pack that places an eternal curse of impotence on us forever Should something happen to either camera we set off to an industrial part of LA featuring an abandoned prison I'd be shooting with the infamous 110 millimeter f 2.8, which is very beautiful in its renderings though Probably a bit more capable in better hands the 110 millimeter lens is about equivalent to a 55 millimeter on a 35 millimeter frame Or full frame if that's how you like to shake your ass I personally prefer to shoot in the 35 or 28 millimeter range for most of my work So this 55 equivalent it was kind of a wrench in the system, but in a good way I think it's important to challenge yourself sometimes as a photographer Speaking of challenges my first role in the RZ would be some ektar 100 Ektar and I have a complicated past I won't get into it here Let me just say right off the bat this camera is heavy as I thought I wouldn't mind it first But oh man this camera after two hours really starts to weigh on your arms for all intents and purposes This camera is about as heavy as a newborn baby Just imagine walking around with it or even running with it like you're stealing it from the newborn nursery of a hospital It ain't easy Just ask my parents after the shoot I heavily considered getting this camera for the sole purpose of if I shot it daily for three months straight I would have huge meaty pythons for arms. I mean steroids and slim gyms haven't been doing it So why not try the prism viewfinder is gorgeous to look through I'd have to say that's probably my favorite part of the camera besides the shutter slap Which I imagine is what it probably sounds and feels like to shoot a grenade launcher. I feel Oh great, man. I feel alive Here I am reloading the camera gotta say again, it's not for me You're pretty much forced to put the camera down to reload and that's a no-digity from the big dog You could probably make the argument that this camera's designed more for studio use But I was out there using it how I would use it which is mostly just aimlessly walking around in fact A lot of my life is aimless. I thought the shutter speed dial was cool But not really a fan of it only going to 1 400th of a second I don't really know the history on that maybe at the time That was as fast as they could go with flash sync or something like that But it seems to me they really should have tried to go to a full stop at 1 500th The in-between speeds on the shutter speed dial were pretty cool I've never really seen that on a camera before and I was down for it The lens sharpness on the 110 millimeter is pretty great the RZ focuses through a bellow system So the Mamiya lenses don't have any movement or adjustments on the barrel Thus they can really perform quite nicely because there's less for the glass to deal with since we're using a bellow system It allows us to focus on objects really close up or even do macro photography on really really small things So if you're into dick pics The bellows can extend out pretty far from my understanding, but I never tested it. So I'm holding this. Oh my god It's heavy. However, if you are extending the bellows out pretty far You may have to calculate in the bellows extension factor Thanks inverse square law for taking something fun and ruining it by making us do math My last role the evening would be some sweet illford HP 5 Something I personally thought was kind of frustrating was that there is not a light meter anywhere on this beast I don't know if you can get a finder that has one But I guess I just assumed the camera would have one because you need a battery to operate it But hey, you know what my mom says about assuming she assumes my real parents didn't want me I mean you could always add a small light meter onto the hot shoe But otherwise you might just have to carry one around like I did Not exactly sure what I was after with this photo Now if you're right or die for the rz, I'd like to know why don't get me wrong It's not a bad camera at all and I can see why people use it In fact, there is no such thing as the perfect camera except the mummy of seven But between the weight the separate roll film back and not having a light meter This doesn't really seem like the camera for me and the crap that I usually shoot Which seems like mostly abandoned pools at this point So I'm curious to hear what you all have to say about the camera if you've ever used one or Even better if you ever used it back during films heyday So obviously I didn't cover everything because I only use the camera for a short window But hopefully I covered most of the basics and if you're thinking about buying into this camera system Maybe this video was helpful in your decision in the meantime. I'm gonna go ice my arms