Mamiya 645 Sample Photos
What a Mamiya 645 actually produces — 14 photographs shot on one by members here.
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Mamiya 645 covers a long-running family of 6x4.5 medium-format SLRs, starting with the M645 in 1975. The format gives you 15 frames on a roll of 120 — smaller than 6x6 or 6x7, but a big step up from 35mm in a body you can still handhold comfortably.
The line divides into two halves. The early cameras — M645, M645 1000S and M645J — load film into removable inserts but have no interchangeable backs. The 1000S added a 1/1000 top speed and depth-of-field preview. From the 645 Super (1985), and then the 645 Pro and Pro TL, the backs became interchangeable, so you can switch film mid-roll.
All of these bodies use electronically controlled focal-plane shutters and need a battery. The manual-focus Mamiya Sekor C lenses work across the whole family, and they are plentiful and good value. Leaf-shutter versions were made for flash work.
The later 645 AF is a separate autofocus system with its own lenses, so check which camera you are looking at before buying parts. Any of the manual-focus bodies with the 80mm f/2.8 and Portra 160 is a very affordable way into medium format.
Images taken with the Mamiya 645
LesserLights · Kodak Gold 200
entered as “Mamiya M645”
Neighborhood watch LesserLights · Kodak Gold 200
entered as “Mamiya M645”
Reggie LesserLights · Kodak Gold 200
entered as “Mamiya M645”
Used street car LesserLights · Kodak Gold 200
entered as “Mamiya M645”
Remembrance LesserLights · Kodak Gold 200
entered as “Mamiya M645”
Look both ways LesserLights · Kodak Gold 200
entered as “Mamiya M645”
Door Ajar - Bodega Bay, CA FogdogPhoto · Fujifilm Acros II 100
entered as “Mamiya 645Pro”
Waterways LesserLights · Kodak Gold 200
entered as “Mamiya M645”
Table for none LesserLights · Kodak Gold 200
entered as “Mamiya M645”
Slow September bourbon st. LesserLights · Kodak Gold 200
entered as “Mamiya m645”
Vogue Family mark1foto · Kodak VPS
Hold me Closer Daddy mark1foto · Kodak T-Max 400
Men of Stature mark1foto · Kodak T-Max 400
Panorama
The Mission Mountains littlekingfisher · Kodak Ektar 100
entered as “Mamiya 645 AF”
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Film shot on it
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