Had the lucky chance to play with one of these cool things for the day, in this video you watch me experience one for the first time. music by myself. follow me on instagram @samsonarnettroughley thanks.
eally nice review, grew up in and around Brighton and moved away a year ago, miss that city! Nice to see photos of some famililar places photos are really great too!
I bought one of these from Park Cameras in Burgess Hill earlier this year. It was in mint condition and had apprently just come back from having been CLAd and fixed. However it turned out the camera also had a problem with the on/off switch; it wouldn't turn off, which meant it would take pictures OK but if you left it wound on, it would fire in your bag. I got my money back but asked if it were still possible to fix as I really wanted to own it as they are wonderful cameras. Sadly however, the problem is an electrical fault on the motherboard and it is now beyond repair. If I had not discovered this problem before the warranty expired, I would now be left with something close to a £3000 paperweight (OK so it was fine to use and so it would not have been useless but the isse highlights the very big risk with these older electrical analogue cameras).
Your story is not uncommon for these cameras. The Mamiya MF rangefinder models have exceptional lens sets, but the bodies are at best average as to design and build quality. Were the lenses not so nice, there would be no justification for the excess prices people pay for the cameras. Personally, I prefer the vastly great utility of a Pentax 67 system, but it's really a matter of what kind of photo you take. I do landscapes. mostly on a tripod. The light weight of the Mamiya is of little value to me, but the faster lenses, closer framing and longer lenses of the Pentax are.
Samson Arnett-Roughley oh cool. Not too far from me. I’ve got friends down that way too. If you’re ever up for collaborating on a video or something let me know.
