My current Mamiya kit: Squeezed into a Billingham
1 X Mamiya RB-6X7 PRO.S Body. circa (1974-90) With Bullnose meter. & a Minolta Auto meter 1V/F
3 X Mamiya PRO.S 120 filmbacks - 1 X Mamiya Twin Cable release. Not recommended, the cable release broke in no time
1 X Mamiya SEKOS C 360mm Lens - Portraits, Long shots
1 X Mamiya SEKOR C 250mm Lens - Portraits, Long shots Good for the Steam locos too.
1 X Mamiya SEKOR C 180mm Lens - Portraits and Long shots.
1 x Mamiya SEKOR Macro C 140mm Lens - Close up photography - and also a STUNNING Portrait lens.
1 X Mamiya SEKOR C 127mm Lens - Works nicely with the Steam locos.
1 X Mamiya SEKOR C 50mm Lens - For landscapes / Interiors and wider angles.
1 X Mamiya SEKOR C 37mm Fish-Eye Lens - A real WOW lens for serious/whacky compositions. Love it !
1 X Metz 45 CL-4 Hammer head Flash gun - Mainly for fill-in on the portraits.

Some of the above kit has been maintained and serviced by Chen Parmar (Ex Mamiya Tech)
He is located in Hounslow, and can be reached on 020 8737 7936.

The first model, the RB67 Pro, came out in 1970 and was made until 1974. They made some changes in it, renamed it the RB67 Pro-S and was produced until 1990. In 1990 they made further changes and renamed it the Pro-SD.

The RB is unique in that it has a revolving back (RB = Revolving Back, get it?). This allows you to quickly switch between portrait and landscape orientations. This would otherwise require a cumbersome flip of the camera body and since the camera weighs 3 tons (in reality, 6 pounds), the RB feature is much appreciated.

I love using this camera - Links to a few examples:

Chatham Docks 1940's event

MHR  Sun 21 June 09

1/ Snowdonia 2008

2/ Viv the Spiv

3/ The Goods train

4/ MHR - End of Southern Steam

5/ MHR - Spring Gala 2009

6/ Cecile & Tara

7/ A Church at Milford on Sea

8/ My local cemetery

Anyway, I'm back up Snowdonia with it all at the end of February 2010
Hell, I can feel my back stiffening and aching already.

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