The Mamiya RZ67 remains one of the most legendary cameras of all time, well known as a beloved medium format portrait camera. This great review takes a look at the camera and what it is like to shoot with a medium format legend.
Coming to you from Negative Feedback, this awesome video explores the Mamiya RZ67 medium format camera. The RZ67 was first released in 1982, with the last update being released in 2004, and over that time, it has become a favorite of many portrait photographers, so much so that it is still highly sought after on the used market today. Fstoppers writer and film photography guru Hans Rosemond affectionately labeled it “The Best Portrait Camera Ever.” The RZ67 takes a variety of film formats up to 6×7. For reference, that creates a negative approximately 4.86 times larger than a 35mm frame, with a crop factor of 0.5x. This gives massive, beautiful negatives full of detail and the medium format “look,” which is one of the many reasons photographers still love to shoot with the camera. If you have not had a chance to shoot with one, I highly recommend trying it out; it’s still one of my most memorable photography experiences. Check out the video above for the full rundown.