The Mamiya Six, also known as the Mamiya-6, is a series of

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s manufactured by

Mamiya is a Japanese company that manufactures high-end cameras and other related photographic and optical equipment. With headquarters in Tokyo, it has two manufacturing plants and a workforce of over 200 people. The company was founded in May 1940 b ...

between 1940 and the late 1950s. The cameras captured twelve 6 cm × 6 cm images on

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rolls. Some later models could also take sixteen 4.5 cm × 6 cm images. The cameras were coupled rangefinders, but had a unique focusing mechanism that moved the film plane instead of the lens. The lenses were not interchangeable and were made by various Japanese manufacturers. Beginning with the model IV, the name on the top plate changed from "Mamiya Six" (two lines) to "Mamiya-6".

Models

* Mamiya Six I (1940) * Mamiya Six I A (1941) * Mamiya Six III (1942) * Mamiya Six II (1943) * Mamiya Six II A (1943) * Mamiya-6 IV (1947) * Mamiya-6 V (1953) * Mamiya-6 K (1954) * Mamiya-6 IV B (1955) * Mamiya-6 Automat (1955) * Mamiya-6 K II (1956) * Mamiya-6 IV S (1957) * Mamiya-6 P (1957) * Mamiya-6 Automat 2 (1958)

References

Mamiya Camera Museum
- 6×6 and 6×7 cameras

External links

Mamiya Six page
at Camera-wiki.org
The Mamiya-6, a Classic 120 Folder
a review of the Mamiya Six Mamiya rangefinder cameras 120 film cameras

Models

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