Mamiya C330 f Review

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Mamiya C330 f
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Christiaan.'s Review of Mamiya C330 f Medium Format Camera

18th Dec 2000

Overall Rating

3.5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
Good Points

Price
Leaf shutter & no mirror movement
Handling
Lens quality


Bad Points

No metering
Parralax
Weight


General Comments

I picked this camera up for only ~150 pounds(R1500) second hand (they are not manufactured anymore)
It was still packed in the box with plastic& Polistyrene - perfect condition.
This is definitely the best way to enter Medium Format. The 80mm
black lens is of very high quality and delivers wonderful results.

Coming from the automated world of high-tech 35mm cameras, it
takes a bit of getting used to the abscence of metering and
motordrive, bbut it forces you to be more carefull and deliberate.
(You actually feel like you've actually done something after the shutter
has been released)

The build quality is great and the camera feels very solid. In
fact it is quite heavy and becomes a bit of a burden if it's
around your neck for too long.

The shutter is quiet (no moving mirror) and precise and the 80mm
delivers sharp pictures (even sharper than many of the modern day
Medium format SLR's - this is probably due to the compromises
in optimal lens-film distance due to the mirror). & Lenses are interchangeable!
This is one of the very few TLR's with such a feature.

One problem with the TLR's is the severe parralax problems.
When focusing closer than 1 metre the difference between the
picture as viewed and the picture photographed becomes significant.
Although there are various ingenious features built into the camera to
correct the probblem, it affects the speed of handling for close-ups
adversely.

I'm having so much fun with this camera, and the larger negative
just blows my mind - a great way to move into medium format!

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  • cbrmac Rank: Lance Corporal on 6th Jul 2004

    Could not agree more after spending an entire year studying the works of Anssel Adams zone system thought my 16x20 b/w prints were pretty good from a 35mm neg until I bought a second hand one of these soon realised that 35mm is a micky mouse format by comparison, this is a great entry level medium format camera and one that you will learn more about photography than being a mere button pusher.