One of the more modern options is the Contax 645 AF, produced by Kyocera under the Contax brand name from 1999 to 2005, and competed with Pentax 645N and Mamiya 645 AF. Improvements and versions were introduced in other models, including faster top shutter speed of 1/1000 sec, self-timer, removable film backs, TTL flash metering, and style changes.Ĭontax 645 AF Photo from the eBay listing by prosper-nagoya-japan The standard lenses were either the 80mm f2.8 C, the 70mm f2.8 C E, or the 90mm f1.9 C. Accessories included a waist-level non-metered viewfinder, a non-metered pentaprism, and three TTL-metered prisms (CdS, PD, and AE). The film can be pre-loaded in film magazines but cannot be changed mid-roll. The original Mamiya 645 was equipped with an electronically controlled cloth focal-plane shutter with speeds of 8 seconds to 1/500 sec, a mirror lock-up, and selectable multiple exposure.
As for the viewfinders, grips, and other accessories, not all of them were cross-compatible. A true system camera, it accommodated interchangeable lenses and viewfinders, and all first and second-generation manual-focus Mamiya 645 cameras used the same lenses and film spools. It was the first Mamiya camera to offer the 645 format and produced 15 exposures on a 120 roll film. For starters, let’s focus on the first Mamiya 645 made from 1975 to 1987.
Mamiya 645 Photo from the eBay listing by harry_camera_japanĪccording to Wikipedia, the Mamiya 645 is actually a system of manual focus medium format film and digital cameras that came in three major generations: first-generation manual-focus film cameras, second-generation manual-focus film cameras, and autofocus film and digital cameras (beginning with the 645 AF launched in 1999).