Including interchangeable focus screens and ability to use both 120 and 220 film. While I may have been able to afford a Rolleicord, (as opposed to a Rolleiflex), the Mamiya C330 actually had more features. When they started tweaking this camera, they broke off into two models the C2 and the C3. The original model was just called a Mamiyaflex C.
The images above were my first adventure with the Mamiya C330 TLR and some tungsten floodlights and daylight. And the larger than 35mm negative was an epiphany in the darkroom. While I wasn’t going to get my dream TLR, (Rolleiflex), with their super sharp Zeiss Planar or Schneider Xenar lenses, the Mamiya ended up being razor sharp from f/4 and beyond. Due to my absent mindedness, I knew that wouldn’t be the camera for me. On the C220, the shutter has to be cocked separately. Although pretty close to each other in design, I knew I needed a camera that cocked the shutter automatically on film advance. I didn’t know much in those days, but I did know enough that I didn’t want a C220. (the newer 330S uses more plastic, but is a little lighter) They are all about the same camera. (Mamiya-Sekor 80mm f/2.8 “Blue Dot” lens) Other than that, just some minor differences in how much plastic was used between the F vs S models. The only important thing I would look for is the 80mm lens being a multicoated model. About the same as a Yashica Mat 124G at the local pawn shop. As luck would have it, a friend was selling his and let me have it for $150. So, I narrowed my choices down to a Mamiya C220, Yashica Mat or Mamiya C330. Of course, I wanted a Hasselblad, or even a Rollei TLR would do. Although usually in the form of Rolleiflexes. Just a casual look at the Mamiya C330F “tank”‘ TLR’s are not a “new” thing, favored by Diane Arbus, Vivian Maier and many others. (not to mention the earlier Mamiya C220) But this is NOT a comparison. But comparing the images, the build, the price point and the extensive lens availability, and the Mamiya C330 will actually more than hold it’s own in a head to head competition. The Rolleiflex 2.8f vs Mamiya C330F? Most would give the TLR “legend” status to the Rolleiflex 2.8.
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