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Frank Sereno <fserenonospam@nospamsbcglobal.net> wrote:
>Robert Bonomi wrote:
>>barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> wrote:
>>>On Wed, 17 Jun 2009, Cydrome Leader wrote:

>>>>Anybody have a working Mamiya 645 Pro for sale?
>>>>The version of the Pro doesn't really matter.

>>>This is a camera?
>>>digital or what?

>>It's a "medium format" film camera, intended for the professional
>>photographer.  the negative is about 3x the size of full-frame 35mm.

>So what are this camera's main uses?  Would it be for portraits? 
>  Yeah, I know I could Google the information, but we almost 
>never have a good conversation in this group so I figured why not 
>ask, maybe we'll learn something interesting.

It takes 120 film, I think. I have a couple of twin-lense reflex cameras
that take 120. They are handy for outdoor scenes. Because you take the
shot at about waist height, generally, you're not looking down on your
subject.

The Mamiya is an SLR variation, on the twin-lense concept as you still
look down through the top but through the actual lense. I assume the
image isn't reversed as it would be in twin lense, but I've never used one.

Hasselblad is SLR medium format, but you look through the back. When the
mechanism moves out of the way, you can feel the camera vibrate. I've never
been convinced that the image doesn't blur slightly at times. It's a big
mechanism versus 35mm SLR.

I used to shoot 120 Kodachrome. Alas, it's not manufactured anymore.