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Very clear. Thanks for the folded paper guide trick. Another photographer slipped in a dead piece of film into the feed, again the same guide purpose. 120 is all new to me. (I have stainless 120 rolls as well as my Paterson. They look like a really steep learning curve.)

Any advice on a digital back that's usable on my Mamiya 645 Pro ? (I'm not worried about Autofocfus).

Thank you! If you can imagine it, picture me at midnight with my hands stuck in a changing bag for 1 hour last night. Wrecked my roll and wanted to throw the Patterson tank into the river. I will try again with these tips.

I have a changing bag, I put a cardboard box in it and it's almost a changing tent ... But, really, to load this 120 on these reel is awful. When you have a Hasselblad and the film is in the back for a while, it bends the other way and is impossible to load like that, you need to begin with the other end of the film.

I have a 645 df, the reason i use the vertical grip is for the batteries, i struggled to find the right batteries for the body an the one i have is mostly dead. The grip takes the same cannon bp-915 batteries and the p series back, so now the camera is down to a single battery system.

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Excellent demo and yeah the guide paper is a great idea!

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great video, what watch is this if you dnt mind me asking

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Had this lens along with the 630 camera since late 80's, which were stolen along the way. Recently got this lens for cheap on ebay auction with a 650 camera. I always loved the pictures I took with this lens.

I've had a 1000s sitting on my shelf for a couple of years, and have decided to shoot with it. Just purchased the 80mm 1.9 and really looking forward to using that lens!

This is the best video about the P-series. Thank you for sharing these comparisons and using your wonderful images to do so. It really shows off the P-series potential. EDIT: One question, do you know if the P25+ exhibits the same qualities that you love about the images from the P20? That is, does it have the fat pixels and lovely colors?

Used the paper in the reel today for my first two rolls of 120 film! Worked nicely, thanks!

I never had much trouble loading 35mm but years ago I gave up on 120 into the Paterson reel because I just couldn't do it although I tried every trick I could find including yours. Finally about two weeks ago I decided I must see what's on some old 620 exposed film I found. So I set the Paterson reel to 120 size and commenced once again. It was an absolute nightmare. But determination drove me to continue and finally this morning I managed to load a ca. 1960's 620 roll onto my Paterson! I did the Happy Dance! After some 300+ tries using a dark bag over the last couple weeks I think I'm beginning to understand the technique. I found I must use a very light touch. The whole thing is done via feeling. A certain feeling is needed to find the entry point and to position the film at the proper position so it will ratchet onto the reel. One can't learn this simply by watching somebody else. It takes practice and that "chilled-out" attitude. People with thin and highly flexible/sensitive fingers would do best at this.

Fabulous: thank you for this guide. It really made it simple, easy, less traumatic. That end-part, when the paper and film are connected was the last challenge for me. Seeing you bring your two hands together to allow the film to wind onto itself... that is key. Cheers!

How did it ever go with that P21? I use the Kodak Pro Back 645, same sensor as the P20, and that sensor is just the best. But I would love something more modern, that also has good colors

I once had the opportunity to use a Phase One with a p30 back for a weekend and fell in love. That was 6 years ago. Now I bought myself a Phase One p30+, a Phase One 645 and a Phase one 40mm Lens. One question I do have is: whats the difference between the p30 and p30+? Is it possible to connect the p30+ back to a laptop, and set the Camera to Mirror Lock, and use Live view via a firewire tether setup? Is the p30+ Back capable of taking pictures with electric shutter only?

I would like to add to your excellent video, it's important there is no moisture at all on the reel. I give it a quick blast with the mrs' hair dryer just before i start. If you spend too long with the changing bag, the humidity builds up and make your job even harder. If you're having trouble, take a break (seal the film in the tank as shown) and start again with a dry reel.

bought mine for my rangefinder, but i use it the same way, carrying it around looking for shots, or ballpark framing before swapping the fixed lenses on my slr.

That guiding paper is a real game changer. How stupid of me not to think of that earlier. I use now a piece of 35mm film. It fit right in between the slots. Thanks a million!!

Thanks for the video! I've been using a 645DF+ with a P65+ and now an IQ1 60 for the last year. I love the image quality, but I find the autofocus very tricky. I take portraits mostly, and I find that I have more than the usual amount of out of focus shots. Often the AF will lock onto the ears of a subject. Do you have any AF tips at all?

If you fold the end of the paper under it creates a lip that is easy to find in the dark/changing bag. I take a paring knife and half slice the tape and pull it out making it a breeze to find in the bag. Also, I don't lick the tape, I just wet a finger and wet the end of the tape. Also, my reel has a pair of pads about 1 inch square easy to find in the bag. Those little ears have turned the air blue with my swearing.

Is this compatible to both m645 and m645 1000?

you use the grip for the battery capacity!!, simple as that, as this battery can power the back to, and also with digital, this battery/camera body tells the back lens settings, and communicates flash data between them, this takes power, and a lot of it, so for all day wedding and other genre's this is essential to going through a day without constantly changing batteries.

Great tip on the card insert!!! I loaded my first roll of 120 last night....it took me 30-45 minutes fumbling until I finally got it on to the reel!!!!!! I will use your photo paper tip tonight...can't wait to try and take the "stress" out of loading 120 film. Thanks!!!!!

Wait, is this a phase one DF+? Which body is this?

I can’t even tell you how much I adore my Mamiya 645 1000s. Even the 80mm “kit” lens is amazingly sharp and renders beautifully colored photos. I also have the 45mm lens for tighter spaces. I have really gotten my money’s worth out of that awesome camera! Great video!👍🏼

Thanks for a great review!! Do you have any idea if p30+ has a similar/identical look to p21+?

Tried other methods with no success. Found yours - brilliant. Definitely the best to go. Thanks. Ps. I also loaded the backing paper before I tried your way!

How easy or difficult is it to frame with the hellos finder without adjustment for parallax error and magnification?

I wouldn't have believed it but I just did it right now after I saw your video your way! Tooooo easy! with the guide paper! :-) 1-2 minutes and all done! REALY EASY!! THANKS! no stress anymore to developpe the 120! :-)

The cardboard trick is awesome, thanks

Great overview of the camera, I've got the M645 1000S & I absolutely adore it. I've already got the 80MM 3.5 as part of my kit, but the 1.9 version is on my wishlist

It can take film back?

Thanks so much for the tutorial - developed my first reel of 120 today and your trick with the card worked a treat.

Simply stunning Joseph! Landed here after researching information for the Mamiya 645. I currently shot with a Nikon Z7 and Fuji X-T3 and currently edit both cameras raw files using Capture One. I hope you don’t mind me asking, I was wondering about the software, if any, you use with your Mamiya scans? Many thanks

I just managed to successfully develop my first roll of 120. I must have watched your video about 10 times before doing so, just to make sure I had the basics down. Using the photographic paper as a guide made all the difference to the process. No stress, tantrums or ruined rolls. Thank you so much!

Great review. Thank you. I was thinking of getting one but it looks like the uppermost knob may interfere with the base of a view camera.

I've just developed my first roll of 120. I definitely underestimated how finicky it can be. In the end, I did get my film loaded, just with a few kinks. I think it's good to accept the first attempt as being and experiment and learn from it.

Hello... I have a quick question about this lens? Is the lens fully compatible with the phase one df body? Or does it require modification? Thanks for your help... love the sample photos by the way...

Thank you for your videos... Your clear well informed information is appreciated... I am about to pick up a P65+ and df body... and I have a question you might be able to help me out with... do these old backs suffer from hot pixels? And is there a pixel mapping function to resolve this issue? Do the raw files open in Adobe Raw? Thanks for your help... I hope you are able to keep uploading... I enjoy your calm, straight forward presentation style... just subscribed... take care and stay safe...

I love the older CCD sensors. The image looks so much more textured. A lot more like traditional film but with a depth and sharpness of digital. Its hard to explain. IA bit like watching a film on plasma. I recently got a P65+ which is an amazing back. With teh option of having smaller size raw with much higher ISO's never really found on MF. I also use it on my Mamiya RZ which gives me a whole new system to play with when i need to work slower and with the quality of the mamiya lenses.

You may already know about it but they did make a dedicated manual focus screen for this series of cameras, called the type C screen, they obviously don’t make them any more but they come up on eBay from time to time but i used to have on for my AFDii and it worked wonders for focusing manually, I can’t remember if it had a split prism but it might have done. It didn’t affect the AF performance at all just made the finder slightly brighter and much easier for manual focusing. The way i understand it is that modern focusing screens are optimised for lenses with a maximum aperture of 2.8 and the dedicated manual focus one is optimised for lenses with apertures faster than that. Thanks for the video :)

You may already know about it but they did make a dedicated manual focus screen for this series of cameras, called the type C screen, they obviously don’t make them any more but they come up on eBay from time to time but i used to have on for my AFDii and it worked wonders for focusing manually, I can’t remember if it had a split prism but it might have done. It didn’t affect the AF performance at all just made the finder slightly brighter and much easier for manual focusing. The way i understand it is that modern focusing screens are optimised for lenses with a maximum aperture of 2.8 and the dedicated manual focus one is optimised for lenses with apertures faster than that. Thanks for the video :)

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Great video. You cant beat digital backs. One small detail I noticed is the P45 was not a full size sensor back. They were 49x37. The P65+ was the first full size 645 back at 54x42

Interesting you said that about muted colors on older backs, I find that new backs are so punchy. I actually still shoot some portraits with a Canon 1ds mkii. There's just something about that sensor.

Lovely to see someone else using this camera. I'm interested in the 50mm shift you have fitted there. Are they worth the effort of hunting down a good example of these? Contrast and resolution in particular. I'm running the P45+ back.