This is a rare
vintage Rank Mamiya Sekor Camera housed
in a chrome body with black fake leatherette covering for grip and wear.
It was made in Japan from 1963.
It belongs to a
line of medium range small rangefinder cameras and is much lighter than the
previous ranges. The Rank Mamiya is a 35mm
rangefinder camera with a fixed Mamiya-Sekor 40mm f/2.8 lens. It
uses an uncoupled selenium meter, so it does not take batteries.
35mm rangefinder for 24 x 36 images. Fully mechanical with selenium cell.
The top plate
has an Exposure Value (EV) indicator, where the selenium meter will suggest the
exposure settings in EV numbers. These are then used when adjusting exposure
on the lens, by adjusting the combination of aperture and shutter speed to show
the indicated EV number.
Also on the top
is the shutter release, with standard remote thread, and the frame counter
which is around the film advance lever. The frame counter has to be reset
manually each time you load film. A cold shoe and the rewind crank
are also on the top.
All the controls
are on the lens, including the focusing, aperture and shutter
speed. Minimum focus distance is 0.9 metres or 3
feet. Apertures range from f/2.8 though to f/22. Shutter
speeds include Bulb and range from 1/250thsecond through to 1/4th second. A
flash sync port is also available on the front of the camera.
The viewfinder
is collimated and has parallax correction marks within the framing
marks. The rangefinder patch is in the middle and in contrasted
yellow.
Film is loaded from behind and very straight forward with threading of the leader on the right hand side.
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Quick-cocking
lever, with mechanical counter, at its base
·
knob
with rewind crank, accessory shoe, cell dial scaled in IL (1-11)
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40mm
collimated frame viewfinder with parallax correction marks. Rectangular
rangefinder image of comfortable size and well contrasted yellow.
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selenium
cell on the front. Adjusting of the film sensitivity on the shutter
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MAMIYA
lens SEKOR 1 : 2,8-22 / 40mm
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SEIKOSHA
shutter from 1/4 second to 1/250th + B
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front-mounted
flash sync