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  1. marco_deveer
    Thanks, good to know. The focus area is in the photo but it's a small circle just above center, kinda hard to see. It does appear to function properly when I focus the lens, but I will have to run a test roll to know for sure.
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    Ah, that is great info @orsetto and a beautiful camera you have there! There definitely appears to be something wrong with my camera. The frame lines don't change at all when I slide the focal length indicator between 100-150-250. I opened up the top viewfinder housing and didn't see any broken or disconnected bits, but it did seem like there were some pieces plain missing. I think I might have to find an interior shot of the housing to figure out this mystery. By the way my camera is all black so definitely a different version than the one you have. I have a Graflex back, but otherwise it looks just like yours. The 100mm lenses were not all made to be retractable, some are fixed and are generally newer and better than the retractable variety. If you have the retractable version it should twist and pop in or out fairly easily. If it doesn't do that it's probably not the retractable version.
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    I'm looking through my new (old) Mamiya Universal Press and I'm wondering how the cropping lines function. I notice they move when I focus the lens, but I don't see any change when I move the slider from 100 to 150 to 250. Am I wrong or should the crop marks in the viewfinder change when I adjust the slider?
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    Hi all, Anybody have a Mamiya Polaroid 600SE 127mm f4.7 for parts they'd like to get off their hands? I specifically need the rear element. Willing to buy.
  5. marco_deveer
    Can you find just one line where the frames separate? If you can find one then all the lines will correspond equally to that one. What you can do is note on the film how many sprockets to the right or left of the frame number indicator the separation line is. For example the separation line might be 2 and a half sprockets to the right of the number 3 (indicated on the bottom of the film strip). Every separation line will be 2 and a half sprockets to the right of its corresponding number on the bottom of the film strip. Or if you can find one separation line, you can place another, well-exposed strip of film on top or below the thin strip of film to indicate where the lines would be. If you can't find any lines you could make one print at 35mm negative size from one of the scans and use something in the image to line it up with the negative image, thus revealing where the edge of the image would be. Then use one of the methods above for the rest of the strip of film.
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    Hi all, I have the Mamiya Press 127mm f4.7 and it's developed a bit of oil on the shutter blades. Shutter speeds are still good, but I want to get at it and clean it before it gets worse. I've gotten the front element off but I cant get the next element below it. I've tried rubber grip tools to no avail and I don't see any catch for the spanner wrench. I've also tried screwing the whole front piece off with my hands, but it won't budge. I'm certain I've done this before, but maybe it was with an older model. This is the newer one, all black, and it doesn't "collapse." Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
  7. marco_deveer
    Thanks for the info everyone. I appreciate the detailed response, Rodeo_Joe.
  8. marco_deveer
    I just picked up a Mamiya 65mm for my Universal Press camera. When I set the aperture to wide open (f6.3) the blades in the lens do not open all the way, they appear to still be closed just a slight bit. I can't find any info online, but I found and the aperture on the lens in the video does exactly what mine does. You can see at about the 50 second mark that he opens the shutter and the aperture is clearly still closed a bit despite being set wide open to f6.3. Everything else about the lens seems perfect, and there is no oil or grease on the aperture blades. Does anyone have experience with this lens, or does anyone have one you can check and see what the aperture does at f6.3? Much appreciated.
  9. marco_deveer
    <p>Craig, I'm eyeing a C330 on ebay, but might do some shopping around locally first and see what's around in people's garages and attics. Craigslist, here I come.<br> Good to hear, Tony, I'm excited to get it mounted and shooting.<br> Thanks for all the info.</p>
  10. marco_deveer
    <p>Thanks Craig. Good to know.</p>
  11. marco_deveer
    <p>Hey all, I've got a 65mm f3.5 Mamiya TLR lens. It's all black, Seiko shutter, blue dot on the shutter cocking mechanism, looks and works beautiful. I just need a camera to put it on.<br /><br />Any ideas which Mamiya TLR cameras this beauty is compatible with?<br> I know it will work with the C220 and C330 cameras, but I wouldn't mind using it on a C2, C3, C22 or C33 if everything will work properly. <br /><br /><br> Thanks.</p>
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