Our Guide to the Mamiya RZ67 (Made for SmarterEveryDay's Total Eclipse Video) - Kamerastore

We were happy to provide Destin (from SmarterEveryDay) a camera for his recent video on the total solar eclipse. Destin is a friend of the store and his enthusiasm for photography is contagious. When he reached out to us about a camera capable of doing multiple exposures, we decided to set him up in style with a Mamiya RZ67 kit. Because this is a complicated system to operate, we put together a video guide on how the camera works. This video was originally unlisted and just for Destin, but we've decided to make it public so more people can appreciate the work we do here.
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[@smartereveryday]

Amazing! Thank you so much!

[@sennetor]

I love this collaboration.

[@Kamerastore]

No, thank YOU. (-: Always happy to help one of the most enthusiastic and curious people we've met, especially when it involves putting together a pretty impressive RZ kit! We're so glad your photo turned out so well, congrats! - Connor

[@Kamerastore]

@@sennetor So do we (-:

[@carzyday]

please don't make the resell price even higher : (

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

@@carzyday :D I'm thinking same, but Pentax 67 !

[@ffll8427]

to the nerds finding this video from the email Smarter Every Day video: hello! this was absolutely awesome.

[@johnalexander2349]

50 000 views on his video, and only only 110 here. We may be bigger nerds than we first thought.

[@dattatreyadas]

I took a screenshot, scanned it in Google lens, copied the link, and opened it, only to realise the link was also in the description box.

[@hippopotamus86]

I once went a step further. During a KZbin makers secret santa, one of the makers had a blurry QR code in the background with bits missing. Managed to recreate it, do some error correction and get the URL which also was an unlisted youtube link. Took about 3 hours to do, as I had to learn a lot on the way. 1 other person beat me to it by 7 minutes.

[@ffll8427]

@@hippopotamus86 all that just for sloppy seconds... Ah well. Doesn't matter, had hacks.

@@dattatreyadas It was? I typed it in manually from a paused frame showing the email... Oh well 😄

[@matth9716]

Thanking you from the US. Amazing how small the world has become in the last 75 years or so. Great collaboration. Thanks again. Matt

[@Kamerastore]

Finland isn't so far (-; It seems like only yesterday that Destin visited us to tour our facility and learn more about what we do.. He's one of the most enthusiastic humans on the planet and we're happy to support him in our own way. Thanks for watching! - Connor

[@JenHamon]

This camera looks like an absolute beast

[@Kamerastore]

It is!! - Connor

[@tapio_m6861]

This could have been a simple quick video, but you made this into something that others could use as well. Well done! Hienoa työtä!

[@Kamerastore]

Better to do something right if you're going to do it at all! 💪 Thanks for watching! - Connor

[@LRPhotographer]

Thanks for posting this video for everyone else to see who might want to know more about this camera. I wanted to see how the power winder works, since I just purchased one from eBay for my RZ67, so your video came up just in time! :)

[@ajmilagros]

Thanks Nico! I was so intrigued to figure out how that camera takes so many shots on the same piece of film, you explained how that camera works so well. I am no photographer and am the same age as Destin, so used to one shot per film frame - to learn that multiple shots per frame is possible all these years later is mind blowing!

[@Kamerastore]

Multiple exposures are a super fun creative exercise and Destin took such great advantage of it. (-: Thanks for watching! - Connor

[@Telris86]

Thank you so much for the incredible support you provided to Destin. No matter what he does and what topic he covers the result is always something special and would be impossible were it not for people like you. So again: Thank you!

[@Kamerastore]

That's what we're here for! We're always happy to share the joy of film photography with the world, but especially people as enthusiastic and curious as Destin. Thanks for watching! - Connor

[@noneya61]

Mamiya had some great film platforms. I had an RB as well as a 645. Miss both.

[@Kamerastore]

All excellent cameras (-: If you ever have a desire to get back into it, we offer serviced versions of the 645, RB, and RZ on our site! Thanks for watching. - Connor

[@somerandomguy001]

thanks for making this

[@stevecrawford3551]

Great intro! Thanks for sharing. 😀🥳

[@Kamerastore]

Thanks for watching! - Connor

[@gruesume]

i found it! thanks guys! :)

[@Kamerastore]

Welcome! - Connor

[@CYAN25]

awsome

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

Instant like n subscribe - Thank you blokes for figuring out the how, now got me looking for similar bodies to do a bracketed version, y'know, to composite in the stars from a few stops over, ind the prominances from a few stops under.

[@Kamerastore]

Thanks for watching! I bet you could find what you're looking for on kamerastore.com (-; - Connor

[@maral2014]

Super Secret Video

[@TBizzell68]

I really want this setup

[@s_shake]

goated

[@SnowmansApartment]

I hope to one day be able to do multiple exposures with my Plaubel Makina IIIR on some event like the solar eclipse. :)

[@maritime9665]

**Secret Video**

[@MattysChannel1357]

Checkout the Zinstax film back (also available as Binstax for RB67), which allows putting Instax square film, is far cheaper than using FP100 peel apart film

[@dinopie3673]

not only the idea for me to find this lol

[@SyncrisisVideos]

whoa!

[@1.4142]

secret techiques

[@NicosPhotographyShow]

First!

[@obican]

I'm surprised 65mm is the focal length they used, was expecting something much narrower, judging by the negative.

[@Kamerastore]

We probably could've gone a bit more narrow based on how much space there is on either side of the eclipse in the final product, but it's better to be safe and leave room on the sides than risk losing part of the eclipse! With 6x7cm negatives and excellent Mamiya lenses you can crop in quite a bit and still get usable prints! Thanks for watching. - Connor

[@karam3045]

Noti

[@GameLaurens]

🙂

[@theophilusmann7869]

How did you guys get the kit to Destin in the US in time for the eclipse? I am guessing I am not the only one wondering. Excellent video.

[@noneya61]

There’s this thing called a plane, it can travel pretty quickly. Amazing technology…

[@Kamerastore]

We shipped it to him well in advance using our courier partners (namely DHL or UPS). We ship quite a few packages to the US every day (-: - Connor

[@theophilusmann7869]

@@noneya61 LOL.

[@theophilusmann7869]

@Kamerastore thanks. His video sounded like it was a few days before the Total Eclipse

[@noneya61]

@@theophilusmann7869 glad I could give you a chuckle.🤘😀

[@Dari.]

[@_edmund]

hi

[@Kamerastore]

Hey! 👋

[@indigoblue5320]

Love kamerastore and smartereveryday! so glad to see you guys have another collaboration. I have been wanting to get into medium format film for quite a some time, the mamiya rz67 is electronic shutter, on the other hand the rb67 is fully mechanical. Theoretically, mechanical cameras would be more reliable, wouldn't they? for people first getting into medium format, which one do you recommend, I see both camera are available in kamerstore. thanks!

[@Kamerastore]

With proper maintenance, a mechanical camera (in theory) can last forever. Of course, this depends on a steady stream of spare parts and people knowledgeable enough to repair them. Electronic cameras, when properly maintained, can last for decades as well. Electronic cameras are, however, more difficult to repair once broken. So if both are working normally and treated with care you likely won't notice any difference at all in reliability. This perception that electronic=unreliable comes from people who buy unserviced cameras and expect them to work like they did 40 years ago. In that situation, neither camera will "work" properly, but the mechanical camera will at least fire whereas the electronic camera likely won't turn on at all. In general, though, if you find a camera at a flea market or secondhand somewhere, an electronic one is usually more likely to be working "properly" when compared to a mechanical one. Electronic cameras work accurately until they suddenly don't work, whereas mechanical cameras slowly get worse and worse over time without proper maintenance. The time scale for this is decades usually, not years or months. Both cameras from Mamiya are professionally built using high-end components that have proven to be reliable when properly maintained. The benefits that electronics give the RZ67 (especially in light metering) give it a distinct advantage over the mechanical RB67 even if the RB is theoretically more repairable. TLDR: With the Mamiyas, you'll be fine with either if you get a good, serviced one. Buying a serviced camera (and maintaining it, just like you would a car) is the only way to know that it will work years or decades into the future. Thanks for watching! - Connor

[@N0N0111]