To be limited in equipment – in most cases – is a very good thing. And by the way, it’s beautiful machine itself too! The Gains and Pains It has a lot of good reviews, good lens, a legend of it being a strong “rival to the Rolleiflex” and a reasonable price on market. The Yashica MAT 124G looked to me to be a good option. Oh yes, I did! That was the trigger to depart from 645, and I started to dig deeper into the idea of a TLR. During the time of this contemplation, I got an unexpected message from a fellow photographer asking if I would be interested in selling Mamiya. I began to grasp the idea that “less is more” and started to wonder what TLR with 6×6 and one fixed lens would give to me – I was expecting better MF look, and more concentration on scene, not on equipment. I wanted the real medium format look – the look that I start to see from 6×6, 6×7, 6×8… Finally, I felt that I wasn’t getting a true medium format “look” – to me 645 is great, but it just looks like slightly higher quality 35mm. I also struggled too much the landscape orientation of camera. I had my own struggles that peaked during one portrait session, where I realized that I lose concentration and workflow of shooting because I fiddle too much with changing lenses – I was spending too much time thinking which one will suit the frame better. However, not everything was flowers and candies.
I began with one lens: the 80mm f/1.9, and after some time I acquired my “usual set”, the 45mm f/2.8 for landscapes and 150mm f3.5 for tight headshots. It was a leap in quality and big change of workflow compared to 35mm my process became slower, more contemplative, framing and composition became more thorough and the resulting photos became better. I got my first medium format camera, a Mamiya 645 1000s, in 2017.
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