Mamiya Universal, Mamiya Super 23,
5x7 Burke & James, Brownie Bulls-eye

All these cameras take 6x9cm (2 1/4" x 3 1/4") negatives on 120 roll film.

This is a Mamiya Universal. I bought this in the early 1990s. A full system rangefinder camera with interchangeable lenses and backs. This has the 100mm/f3.5 normal lens. I don't use it too much anymore. This was my main camera until a couple of years ago when I added...

A Mamiya Super 23. It used to have a rangefinder like that on the Universal but it was broken so I removed it. Make's it a bit lighter. It's an older model and won't take a Polaroid back (which I have for the Universal) but it has a bellows back which makes it a mini-view camera (with my ground glass back). Here it has the 65mm/f6.3 lens.

And here with the pinhole mounted in a large format Alphax shutter. All three lenses can be used on either the Universal or the Super 23. I only have one 6x9 film back.

This is a really really really big medium format camera. It's actually my Burke & James 5x7.

It takes 5x7 and 4x5 backs and my 4x5 back is a Graflok back that also takes special roll film backs like this one. The Gradlok back had to be grafted on to a 5x7 back. I've used it as a backup to the Mamiya when the shutter jammed. That was before the Saluts. It's great for testing large format lenses without the cost of sheet film.

I haven't had a chance to use this plastic 6x9 wonder yet. It doesn't use 120. It uses 620, which is the same size as 120 but for different spools. I will need to do some rerolling but I'm looking forward to using it.

I don't really need to add anything to this kit. I've moved more to 6x6 for most of my medium format photography. The Mamiya equipment was cheap compared to all the other mainstream cameras but still too expensive, particularly compared to the Commie cameras.