#Hugo meyer bushman press camera series
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In any case, once I’d learned of their existence, I was off and running, learning what I could about these cameras and their capabilities, and a few minutes after that, I was trying to find one for sale - if for no other reason than it has a bellows back, which I’ll get to later on. (Even the M645 cameras, however, have their interesting features that make them appealing.) It’s not that these cameras have a Mamiya name on the front that makes me want them it’s that with the possible exception of the M645 cameras, they all provide something interesting and unique to the experience of using them, and that’s true of the Mamiya Press cameras as well. Researching history on Mamiya unearthed awareness of the Mamiya Press, and I was pretty quickly smitten. The Mamiya cameras are starting to be a thing in my household we have an M645 Super, an M645 1000S, a C220, a C330, and an RB67. The story starts with the fact that I had never seen nor heard of the Mamiya Press until early in 2020. My particular example has earned the nickname “the troublemaker” (or, perhaps, “the money pit”), but I’m also hoping that name doesn’t stick for the long haul.

#Hugo meyer bushman press camera free

They’re not easy to find in the United States, but after this, I would never, ever buy one without the ability to examine it fully before purchase - unless it was either free or cheap (with shipping) to return it.

I would urge tremendous caution when buying one of these cameras, because - as you’ll learn below - there’s actually a lot that can be wrong with them. But for readers considering the purchase of one of these cameras, I think the detail is important. I wouldn’t normally go into this level of detail on a camera review. That story starts in late January 2020, but I didn’t have a fully working, usable camera in my hands until nearly four months later - mid May 2020. I’ll caution readers that this is the longest camera review I’ve ever written, in large part because the back story is itself incredibly long. It all added-up to the camera being an ideal candidate for a comprehensive review. They also provide some really nice images. Like the Mamiya RB67, the Mamiya Press cameras are big, funky, strange-looking, quirky, and a lot of fun to shoot.

#Hugo meyer bushman press camera series

One camera series that you just don’t hear much about, or see very often in North America is the Mamiya Press.