Put a roll through an old (new to me) Mamiya 6 folding rangefinder camera. It shoots 120 film at both 6x6 and 6x4.5, and has an interesting focus mechanism that moves the film plane rather than the lens.
Aside from some cosmetic dings, it seems to be in pretty good shape. Though the rangefinder seems like it may be out of alignment.
Excited to get this roll processed and see how it's shooting.
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A few shots from the initial test roll.
Good news is the camera seems to be functional and the shutter speeds seem correct. Bad news is the range finder does seem to be off slightly.
I think a more precise test is in order, and then maybe look into the possibilities of calibrating the range finder on this thing.
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A beautiful clear day allowed me to get out and try and adjust the rangefinder of this camera's rangefinder.
The top cover was simple to remove exposing the rangefinder adjustment screw.
Turning the focus to infinity and pointing the range finder at a distant object I was able to turn the adjustment screw until the images aligned.
Now to put another test roll through it to see if the focus matches.
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@rho The photos look pretty good to me. I remember reading about the different focusing mechanism in this camera. Sounds interesting.
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