Mamiya C3

Hi there,

I've been in doing photography for two and half years which, OK, is not
very long but I am pretty keen on doing this and feel that it's more than
hobby (which defintely holds true considering the amount of money I use to
spend on it ;-).

I have EOS 330, have been using Olympus E-1 for almost a year and bought
recently EOS 620, an adapter and a bunch of M42 lenses (including Sonnar
200/2.8 and SMS Takumar 1.8/55 - sorry, I just had to brag about this :-).
Anyway, I still feel like there's something lacking and wanted to try
something, erm, different.

Medium format.

The problem is I really can't make up my mind what I should pick up. First
of all, I don't like compromises and don't feel like trading off quality
for the lower price. In fact, prices are *not* that high, actually, and if
tighten my belt - for a time - Mamiya's C-series will be in my reach. I
guess. Hopefully, I will be able to hide the camera somewhere before my
wife finds out.

There's an auction on one of Polish sites to which link is given below:

http://allegro.pl/item142236314_sred...miya_c3.ht ml

The guy is selling Mamiya C3 for 1200 PLN (which is about $400; bear in
mind that in the biggest kolkhoz of present times that happens to be called
EU authorities have introduced ridiculously high taxes and prices of all
high-tech items are usually 20% higher compared to US' prices). Anyway,
back to the point.

As you can see, the set includes: the camera and chrome/black lens. And
yes, you see it well, there's no lens hood. Given that, would you still
pick the camera over, say, Yashica 124G without lens hood (Poles tend to
omit this tiny item on auctions, can't tell why)? To give you few more
specific question I look answers for:

* how much does the camera (C3) weight? I wasn't able to google it out,
even on Patterson's site?
* would newer (black) lens fit C3? There's a number of them being auctioned
on ebay, in mint condition, I wonder whether this would allow me to expand
my little set?
* would anyone recommend anything else - apart from Mamiyas, Yashicas,
Flexarets, Rolleicords, old Rolleiflexes (anyone has a spare 6008 and wish
to sell it for, say, two boxes of Polish beer?)?

I've read all the FAQs, FWIW, browsed the archives thoroughly. And CAN'T
MAKE UP MY MIND! (really, need to stop shouting now...)
--
£ukasz Grabuñ, http://www.grabun.com/

?ukasz Grabu? wrote:


http://allegro.pl/item142236314_sred...miya_c3.ht ml

The guy is selling Mamiya C3 for 1200 PLN (which is about $400; bear in
mind that in the biggest kolkhoz of present times that happens to be
called EU authorities have introduced ridiculously high taxes and prices
of all high-tech items are usually 20% higher compared to US' prices).
Anyway, back to the point.

That seems awfully high even if it were the much newer C330 and a black
lens. Try shopping around.

Cze,

A slyszales o Pentacon'ie Six?

Macias

the newer black lenes will fit the C3....they attach the same way.....i
have a C330 Professional S which i believe to be the last one they made,
if your interested...haven't used in in awhile, the sync may need to be
checked..80mm 2.8 lens......

PRO SHOW_SS wrote:
the newer black lenes will fit the C3....they attach the same way.....i
have a C330 Professional S which i believe to be the last one they made,
if your interested...haven't used in in awhile, the sync may need to be
checked..80mm 2.8 lens.....

also for some reason the last pics i took at lower shutter speed the
pics were blurry and at higher shutter speed they were fine ...any
ideas to why that would be, the camera repair store said all was
fine.....