Vintage Mamiya ZM Quartz with 3 Lenses and Hardcase

Mamiya ZM Quartz

Mamiya-Sekor E 50mm f1:2 S

Mamiya-Sekor E 35mm f2.8

Mamiya-Sekor Zoom E 80-200mm f1:4

Selling as is where is

Needs cleaning and checking

For collectors as this was the last 35mm SLR series that Mamiya produced

Negotiable

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Shutter Quartz controlled metal focal plane shutter. 4 - 1/1000sec (AE) 2 - 1/1000sec and B (M)
Exposure meter Center-weighted . Meter is activated by touching the shutter release button
Exposure control Automatic exposure with aperture priority. Two steps exposure correction and exposure lock
Viewfinder Horizontal split image and microprism collar. Shutter speeds from 1/1000 to 1 sec, B, Overexposure and "long time" warnings.
Size and weight 140 x 88 x 5mm , 480g
Film advance Advance lever or Mamiya Winder ZE
Battery Two LR44 or SR44 , 1.5 Volt.

History:

Mamiya gave up on 35mm SLRs in the early 80s and the ZM is the last of the line. The decision was not caused by the producer itself.

J. Osawa & Co Ltd. was the worldwide distributor of Mamiya products and one of the leading trading houses for consumer products, they even sold lenses for the ZE-cameras under their own label. In 1984 J. Osawa & Co Ltd. went bankrupt. This was one of the greatest economic failures in the Japanese history. Apparently this occasion was also the main reason to drop the Mamiya 35mm line.

Mamiya is a maker of some of the best professional medium-format cameras, which still are the most important product branch of the company (about 40% of the total turnover).

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