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Mamiya is a Japanese camera maker, founded in 1940 and that progressively specialized itself in professional medium format cameras.

Company history[]

Mamiya fue fundada en mayo de 1940 por Mamiya Seiichi (間 宮 精一) ☃☃ y Sugawara Tsunejirō (菅原 恒 二郎) ☃☃ como Mamiya Kōki Seisakusho (Mamiya Optical Works). en Tokio, Hongo, y su primera cámara era la Mamiya Six, una carpeta de 6 × 6 con telémetro acoplado que enfocaba moviendo el plano de la película. Hubo muchas versiones en la serie Mamiya Six, y fue el único modelo Mamiya en ocho años. A pesar del inicio de la Segunda Guerra Mundial un año después del lanzamiento del primer modelo Mamiya Six, la compañía recientemente prosperando, expandiendo las instalaciones de producción en febrero de 1942 y nuevamente en febrero de 1944, empleando a 150 empleados. de 1944, abrió una fábrica secundaria en la Universidad de Tokio para la fabricación y montaje de lentes. Compañía La compañía cerró las instalaciones en Tokio en marzo de 1945 y se trasladó.

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To ensure a reliable supply of lenses, Mamiya bought an optical company at Setagaya, Tokyo.[2] Mamiya began to make its own Stamina shutters and Neocon ('new con[struction][3]) lenses in 1947 at the Setagaya (世田谷) plant. In 1950, the Setagaya plant became Setagaya Kōki K.K. (世田谷光機㈱), making shutters and lenses. The name Sekor that appears on most Mamiya lenses comes from Setagaya Kōki, with r probably for renzu (レンズ, lens). Setagaya Kōki was merged into Mamiya Kōki in 1963.

After 1948 the Mamiya range became more diversified, with the introduction of the Mamiyaflex series of 6×6 TLRs in 1948, the Mamiya 35 series of 35mm fixed lens rangefinder in 1949 and the Mamiya 16 series of 16mm film subminiature cameras in the same year. Together with the Mamiya Six, these four series were the basis of the Mamiya range throughout the 1950s. In 1950, the company name was changed to Mamiya Kōki Kabushiki Kaisha (マミヤ光機㈱, Mamiya Optical Co., Ltd.). The last Mamiya Six version appeared in 1958.

In 1957 Mamiya introduced two innovative designs, the Magazine 35, a 35mm camera with interchangeable backs and the Mamiyaflex C, a 6×6 TLR with interchangeable lens pairs. Despite being an exciting innovation, the Mamiya Magazine 35 was only a limited success, while the Mamiyaflex C would become the first of a long series.

A mention should be made here of Mamiya's short lived entry into movie camera production with a range of small 8mm electric cameras made between 1958 and 1961.

The first Mamiya 35mm SLR was the Prismat, launched in 1960. The same year Mamiya introduced the Mamiya Press, a medium format press camera inspired by some Linhof models. Mamiya dropped the 35mm rangefinders around the mid 1960s, and the range of the Mamiya series at the end of the 1960s was formed by the Press, the Mamiya C and the 35mm SLRs.

The RB67 Professional 6×7 SLR in 1970, the Mamiya M645 4.5×6 SLR in 1975 and the RZ67 Professional 6×7 SLR in 1982 confirmed Mamiya's orientation towards the medium format professional market. Mamiya made a last attempt towards the amateur market at the end of the 1970s with some rangefinder and point and shoot 35mm cameras, together with their continuing series of 35mm SLRs, but following the collapse of one of their major international distributors, Osawa, the company went bankrupt in 1984.[4] As part part of the restructuring, Mamiya stopped producing 35mm cameras and terminated a number of its medium format offerings (such as the Rapid Omega).

Mamiya continued as a specialized medium format camera maker, with the M645 Super 4.5×6 SLR from 1985, new versions of the RB67, RZ67 and Mamiya C, the new Mamiya 6 6×6 format rangefinder from 1989 and its successor the Mamiya 7 6×7 rangefinder from 1995. In 1993, the company name was changed to Mamiya-OP K.K. (マミヤ・オーピー㈱).

Mamiya introduced the autofocus in the 645 AF 4.5×6 SLR in 1999, and tried to catch on the digital move with the release of the Mamiya ZD 22 megapixel "digital medium format camera" in 2004.

On Apr 21st, 2006, Mamiya announced that it transfered all the camera activity to a company called Cosmo Digital Imaging (コスモ・デジタル・イメージング㈱).

Digital[]

  • Mamiya ZD
  • Mamiya ZDb
  • Mamiya DL28

Medium format[]

6×6 TLR[]

6×4.5 SLR[]


6×7 SLR[]

6×6 Folder[]

6×6 Rangefinder[]

6×7 Rangefinder[]


6×9 Rangefinder[]

See also Polaroid 600 and Polaroid 600SE.

35mm film[]

SLR[]

Fixed Lens Mamiya[]

Mamiya Prismat[]

  • Mamiya Prism Flex
  • Mamiya Pentaflex
  • Mamiya Prismat
  • Mamiya Prismat NP
  • Mamiya Prismat PH
  • Mamiya Prismat CPH
  • Mamiya Prismat CWP (Mamiya/Sekor CWP)

Mamiya TL/DTL-Series[]

Mamiya X-Series[]

Mamiya SX-Series[]

Mamiya NC-Series[]

Mamiya Z-Series[]

Fixed lens rangefinder[]

Fixed lens viewfinder[]

  • Mammy
  • Mamiya Automatic 35 EEF
  • Mamiya 35 EE Merit
  • Mamiya 135EF
  • Mamiya M Autofocus
  • Mamiya U
  • Mamiya EF2

Wide angle fixed lens[]

  • Mamiya Wide (with rangefinder)
  • Mamiya Wide E (no rangefinder)

AF point and shoot[]

  • Mamiya 135AF
  • Mamiya M
  • Mamiya M Time Memory

24×24mm format[]

  • Mamiya Sketch

18×24mm format[]

  • Mamiya Myrapid

16mm film[]

  • Mamiya 16
  • Mamiya Super 16
  • Mamiya Super 16 II
  • Mamiya Super 16 III
  • Mamiya 16 Automat
  • Mamiya 16 Automatic
  • Mamiya 16 Deluxe
  • Mamiya 16 EE Deluxe

8mm film (movie)[]

  • Mamiya Super GL
  • Mamiya 8GL
  • Mamiya 8G-III
  • Mamiya 8 Automatic C
  • Mamiya 8 JE
  • Mamiya 8 JE-II
  • Mamiya 8 Zoom S-2
  • Mamyia -MM
  • Mamiya W8

Lenses[]

  • Tōwa Kōki Neocon f/3.5 75mm (July 1947— ) used in Mamiyaflex,[5] Mamiya Six
  • Setagaya Kōki Sekor T f/3.5 silver face (1948— ) used in Mamiya Six
  • Setagaya Kōki Sekor S f/3.5 black face used in Mamiya Six
  • Mamiya Kominar f/3.5 used in Mamiya Six
  • Mamiya Sekor f/3.5 used in Mamiya Six

Notes[]

  1. ↑ Mamiya. A History of Innovation. Mamiya 50th Anniversary. Produced by the Mamiya-History of Innovation Editorial Committee. Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo: Mamiya Camera Co. Ltd. p.4
  2. ↑ Mamiya. A History of Innovation. Mamiya 50th Anniversary. Produced by the Mamiya-History of Innovation Editorial Committee. Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo: Mamiya Camera Co. Ltd. p. 4.
  3. ↑ Mamiya. A History of Innovation. Mamiya 50th Anniversary. Produced by the Mamiya-History of Innovation Editorial Committee. Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo: Mamiya Camera Co. Ltd. p. 5
  4. ↑ Mamiya. A History of Innovation. Mamiya 50th Anniversary. Produced by the Mamiya-History of Innovation Editorial Committee. Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo: Mamiya Camera Co. Ltd. p. iv
  5. ↑ With a Stamina shutter: [1].

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