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<\/p>\nI can blame recent wet plate student Lianne for this one, she brought a Mamiya Super 23 to her tutorial for shooting wet plates. I was immediately impressed with it. Although I wanted one without the top rangefinder, no such model exists so I was more than happy to chop the top off of one. Thats if I could find one cheap enough to abuse. Unfortunately prices were way too high for my needs.<\/p>\n
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Then a few weeks ago, a stroke of luck, I found this “thing” on Feepay…. A decapitated Mamiya Press camera body!<\/p>\n
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I really liked the back mounted bellows for adjustments…<\/p>\n
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The “maker” has done a decent job and even added a top mounted viewfinder which works well… \u00a316<\/p>\n
I then started to search for other cheap additional parts, such as plate holder, ground glass back and maybe a lens although I was happy enough to add a brass one off the studio shelf.<\/p>\n
Next to come, all the way from Japan, was the Ground Glass back… \u00a324<\/p>\n
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![\"GGBackopen\"](\"http:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2014\/12\/GGBackopen.jpg\")
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![\"GG\"](\"http:\/\/fourtoes.co.uk\/iblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2014\/12\/GG.jpg\")
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Then I found this 90mm lens in the UK as a Buy it now\/Best offer price plus hood…. \u00a338!<\/p>\n
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Three plate holders and a pack film holder (plus inserts) from Spain… \u00a324.<\/p>\n
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Can you still buy pack film for this??<\/p>\n
So, for about \u00a3100 I’ve got the above set up. Some people had thought me mad for wanting, what they consider a terrible camera? But there seems to be a large number of fans of this kit especially some of the super sharp lenses.<\/p>\n
I’ll be in the studio tomorrow to put some plates through it and make some enlarged prints.<\/p>\n
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