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Hello I am looking for a Travelwide or a Fotoman 45 SP (preferably the SPS) camera, or other similar point and shoot 4x5 camera. Seems really hard to get hold of one ! Anticipated thanks to those who can help : ) Pietro

I am looking for a Fotoman 45 camera, preferably in the SPS version if someone is willing to sell I am currently using a 90mm lens and a 135mm lens, so it would be great to have a cone to go with one of the two lenses, although not necessarily. Thank you,

I am looking for a Toyo 45 CF in good usable conditions. Preferably in Europe, otherwise we can agree on a shipment arrangement. Thank you for looking ! Pietro

As per the title, I am looking for an Apo Sironar S 135mm f/5.6 lens, in good conditions. Shipment to Europe. Thank you for looking ! : ) Pietro

<p>Dear Alex! First of all congratulations on getting The Mamiya RZ. Actually, this beast is still alive and shooting - many important photographers still use it and it has produced some of the world best images, so I am sure you won't be disappointed with it. <br> If I may suggest, your post is a bit confusing in the sense that it's hard to grasp the exact question that you're asking.<br> Try and post clear questions - the fewer the lines, the better - that way you will get more help !!<br> Are your subjects in motion? Are you hand holding or shooting on a tripod?<br> If you focus on a subject and then move the camera around, that subject might not be in focus anymore, depending on the distance from you and these subjects, what lens you are using and what aperture you are using. Assuming you are on a tripod and your subjects are not moving, to begin with, try and do this: do the composition as it were the exact final composition. Then put in focus the subject which is farther away. Then stop down the aperture (so f8, f11, f16, f22 etc.) while holding down the depth of field preview lever on the lens, which will make your ground glass go a bit darker, but will also show you which parts of your composition are in focus and which aren't. It might be hard to do this at night time, but I would start with this.<br> Best,</p>

<p>Hello PC<br> A few things come up to my mind.<br> Assuming you hear the click when you turn the camera from the off to the on position, I would first double check that the battery is of the right voltage - there are a few options of batteries you can use, including small cells layered one on top of the other, as per the company's indications, but the only one that really does the job is the L28 and it has to have 6vlts, although it says that you can go with a lower voltage solution. On top of that, the problem could also be that the battery lid's metal slide does not touch the battery tip. I would also want to see how the camera behaves on multiple exposure mode, just to be safe it's not some other problem. Other than that, I would also, if within the terms, try and get my money back from the ebay seller, especially if it was sold as fully functional. Let us know!</p>

<p>Thank you Dan, I'd imagine it is going to be a hassle and that I will have to engineer some absurd way of mounting it, but to me it is worth trying. I have a 5DMII that I use for commercial work, but, to be honest, I am not at all impressed by the quality of it, or of the prints that come out of it. I am very keen in trying this option. It would be great to have the measurements of the base of the finder block, without the piece where the ground glass is attached - I believe this bottom piece can come off - I can't seem to find these measurements anywhere, and they would be very useful!<br> Thanks, Pietro</p>

<p>Hello everyone !!<br> I have always had a big deal of help by posting on and reading this forum (many brains work better than one), so I am going to try once more!<br> I have two Mamiya 7II bodies.<br> I am very fond of this camera because to me, the color rendition the resolution and contrast are unsurpassable.<br> I use these for my personal work, like street or environmental portraits, and would love to use it for my professional work, but never really had the courage to take it on a job, or an assignment. The main reason being, is that I don't feel comfortable in composing the frame through the (approximate) viewer. My work, in fact, requires a certain formal composition, so I kind of want to be sure that when I get my negatives back from development, I shot "exactly" what I wanted. <br> So I had this idea: if I compose with a ground glass on one of the bodies, possibly with an angle finder, I can work out my exact composition, then I just switch cameras on the tripod and shoot my frame on the camera with film.<br> Has anyone tried to adapt a Mamiya 7 body putting a ground glass on it, or even better a ground glass in a finder piece? <br> I found the Horseman angle finder could be a potential candidate. I am trying to find the exact measurements to see if it could fit. I welcome other suggestions too !<br> Thanks, Pietro</p>