Medium-format TLR · From 1958

Mamiya C-series TLR mount cameras

Mamiya's C-series twin-lens reflexes, from the Mamiyaflex C2 Professional of 1958 to the C330, are among the very few TLRs with interchangeable lenses. Each lens is a matched taking and viewing pair with its own leaf shutter, Seikosha on chrome lenses and Seiko on black ones, running from 1 s to 1/500 and B. Focal lengths run from a 55 mm wide angle to a 250 mm telephoto, and the bellows focusing gets you close. The C330 corrects for parallax automatically.

Up close, the viewing lens frames a little differently from the taking lens. Mamiya's Paramender accessory repositions the camera to correct it.

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