This camera was another acquisition from Soperfect Images in Plymouth. So it had to have a built in rangefinder, offer decent quality optics and be affordable…easy, right? I have already owned a Zeiss Nettar 518/16, but the usual picky me also hates zone focusing and using external rangefinders. This meant, that a folding rangefinder was the way to go. I couldn’t quite afford or get a hold of something like a Mamiya 7 or a Fujifilm GW690, as I am just an impoverished student who often cuts corners to get by. This narrows the field down to rangefinders, which can either be found as folding cameras, fixed lens or interchangeable lens flavours. There are SLR options such as the Kiev 60 TTL and the Pentacon Six, but Kiev’s often have a reputation for questionable build quality/reliability, and P6s have slowly risen in price. I wanted something that would produce incredible quality images, be affordable and not be a TLR, as they are a pet hate of mine – they’re very awkward and clunky for me to use, and not to mention the issues I have with anything with a waist level viewfinder. I have had my eye on shooting medium format for a number of years, although the only thing that really put me off was the price of the cameras needed to shoot the format without the whole ‘lomo’ look and aesthetic. This is where the Mamiya 6 IV enters the stage, from many many years ago. However, there was a medium format, 6×6 rangefinder that out dates this model entirely. When one thinks of the Mamiya 6 an image of the well renowned 1990’s version comes to mind.
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