If they do appear for sale they get snapped up very quickly. They normally cost more than the Mamiya range finders and owners will never part with them. Rarer still is the Plaubel Makina 67 and a few variants. They’re an excellent choice but have shot up in price due to their popularity. In London camera shops and online I frequently see the Mamiya 6 (which shoots 6×6) or Mamiya 7/7II (which shoots 6×7) cameras popping up for sale. This makes them popular for those looking for larger prints and more detail than 35mm film. If you look at the SLR types like the Bronica ETRS or similar Mamiya offerings, they’re not exactly compact or light weight (and I say this after lugging a 3 Kg medium format camera around).Ī medium format range finder, however, like the Bronica RF645 is just a bit bigger than a conventional 35mm film SLR so is easy to carry around. Normally medium format cameras are huge bricks. There are the options of different film sizes, 6×6, 6×4.5, 6×8 and all sorts of other permutations. If you’re going to shoot film, there’s something satisfying about shooting medium format. I wish all cameras had such as simple naming convention – RF it’s a Range Finder. It’s an unusual camera, as it was made just as digital cameras were gaining traction and marks the end of era of film cameras. Like many interesting cameras I first discovered the Bronica RF645 through an article written by Bellamy on Japan Camera Hunter, the article itself covers the history of the camera, but it doesn’t really tell you what it’s like to use. Today we have a guest review from site semi regular Joe Curzon.
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