They also list an angle finder that supports the M6s, but I've gathered that the M645 is a different camera than the 645 Pro and hence not compatible, but in your post you call it the M645 Pro. It's already gone from their site, talk about getting lucky! As it happens, KEH just added a new WLF to their listing which shows the Pro as a supported model. It does have a few pages with system options but no mention of an angle finder and the WLF is listed simply as 'Waist Level Finder N' which does not make Google searches easy.
#MAMIYA 645 VIEWFINDER MANUAL#
I do have the manual and have been reading through it. None of the other accessories for the older models fit on the Super, Pro or Pro-Tl (although the rapid winder for the old 1000s is reportedly usable on the 645e).ĭo you have the manual for the Pro? It is available on the Mamiya USA website, and includes a system chart with some of this information (check the FAQ section there as well). All the rest are 20+ years old.Īll the manual focus lenses will fit on all the manual focus bodies (and are usable on the AF bodies as well, with stop-down metering). The 645e is relatively recent (discontinued in 2005?) and has a fixed finder. There are models without interchangeable backs. Certainly the waist level finder ("Waist Level Finder N") and the right angle finders for these fit all three. With very few exceptions, accessories for any of these models will fit the others. The Pro-Tl was the model most recently manufactured by Mamiya. There are models with interchangeable backs - the M645 Super, the M645 Pro and the M645 Pro-Tl. They are the most current, and are moving toward digital capture. I suspect it's a supply and demand thing in this case.Īs prisms eventually go bad, people look for a wlf to fit their camera, but there must be more cameras than available/useable heads these days.There are essentially three types of Mamiya 645 cameras. Yes, it’s truly odd how something as basic as a WLF can usually be so extortionately expensive. It may be cheaper to buy a broken camera with one fitted than buying a wlf on it's own. but its not a easy market in europe and specially Spain. i'm working in getting my hands into a waist level viewfinder. Thank you all, i went to my photo reference store and got the same answer. Jonathan d reid edited this topic 10 months ago. In the case of the Mamiya 645, it can have an effect on the accuracy of the inbuilt meter and gets in the way a bit when you're trying to compose a photo, but that's it. Some of the 35mm Olympus OM SLR's have the same problem, although on a much smaller scale. However, replacement prisms that don't have this problem are hard to come by as most of them suffer the same fate.
The only options (other than living with it, or buying a waist level finder hood) are to have the prism cleaned and resilvered at a scientific lab, or fit a new prism. Unfortunately, what happens is that the glue gradually breaks down the black paint on the back of the prism and then eats its' way though the mirror silvering. Very similar to the deteriorating foam found around the film door of many cameras and the mirror bumper in the majority of SLR's. It's the glue strip that is on the back of a foam pad attached to the rear of the mirror. So far as I know it can’t be fixed, but apart from being ugly and annoying, doesn’t otherwise affect the functionality of it. Others who know more by all means jump in and correct or elaborate on this. Something to do with the prism silvering delaminating or something like that. Mamiya prisms are notorious for developing a line through them. Does anyone know the reason of It, and if there is a way for cleaning It? Hello, i just aquired a Mamiya 645 1000s with a prisma viewfinder, but the mirror inside has a strange line of dirt, like a burnt or old glue.
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