Category Archives: Mamiya TLR

Primes, zooms, landscapes and panos


THE question cropped up in a forum discussion of whether primes are better than zooms. This is a fairly common question amd my response is that the best modern zooms are very nearly as good as any prime. My 70-200 … Continue reading

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Unlucky ’13!


WHAT a start to the year! I decided to take a set of photos of my old cameras, all shot in black and white with medium format film. I thought they might have a chance of selling as wall art. … Continue reading

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Macros with a Sekor 180


The Sekor 180 TLR lens turns out to be a stellar macro performer when used with the bellows fully extended. This was shot hand-held at f4.5 with a yellow filter on Neopan Acros 100 black and white film.

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The Souq Porter


An aged porter waits with his wheelbarrow for customers in Qatar’s Souq Waqif. Shot on a Mamiya C33 TLR with a 180mm lens and Tri-X 400 film. (Copyright Paul Cowan; no unauthorised use)

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Mamiya Sekor TLR lens speeds


Tested, reproducible shutter speeds from my three Sekor TLR lenses: 65mm (black version, blue dot) 1s = 1s; 1/2s = 1/2s; 1/4s = 1/4s; 1/8s = 1/8s; 1/15s = 1/16s; 1/30s = 1/29s; 1/60s = 1/58s; 1/125s = 1/118s; 1/250s … Continue reading

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Another art photo …


I’ve been neglecting my portfolio over at Fine Art America recently but I’ve just added this, shot in black and white with my Mamiya C220 TLR. It’s available for sale here.

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