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Congratulations on your purchase of the Mamiya 645 AF Camera. Mamiya pioneered the 645 SLR system camera three decades ago and the Special Advice To Professional Photographers Mamiya 645 AF, with its TTL auto-focus, auto-exposure, auto-flash and auto- film winding features, is the latest Mamiya master piece and reflects its long Your Mamiya 645 AF is designed for heavy professional use and will give you a long tradition of medium format camera expertise. service life if properly maintain
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Names of Parts and Functions Hot shoe (Page 63) Exposure mode dial lock Exposure metering mode Rubber eye piece Exposure compensation dial release button (Page 39) selector lever (Page 45) lock release button (Page 46) Exposure mode setting dial Exposure Diopter adjustment Strap lug (Page 80) (Page 39) dial (Page 13) compensation dial (Page 46) Auto focus supplemental infrared light emission Magazine window (Page 36) Dark Slide (Page 20) release button (Page 20) Eyepiec
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Main Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) Diopter adjustment lens (standard accessory) (Page 14) Dark slide storage pocket (Page 20) Shutter time (seconds) (Page 41) Superimpose mode Self timer mode mark shooting data (Page 75) Film box tab pocket (Page 53) Screw cap for battery compartment for Superimpose mode magazine LCD (Page 17) calendar and index Multiple exposure number (Page 73) mode mark (Page 51) External power socket (Page 69) Auto bracketing mode Battery case lock lever m
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Contents Names of Parts and Function .........................................................3~5 Viewfinder with LCD read-outs on bottom Main Liquid Crystal Display ..................................................................6 Magazine LCD ......................................................................................6 Viewfinder with LCD read-outs on button ............................................7 Basic Operation .................................................
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Exposure Compensation ....................................................................46 Single-Frame Mode / Continuous Mode .............................................47 Additional Shooting Modes ...............................................................48~53 ~50 Auto Bracketing Mode .................................................................49 Multiple Exposure Mode ..............................................................51~52 Self Timer Mode ................
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Inserting the Batteries (The camera will not operate Checking the Battery Power without batteries) Set the shutter release mode selector lever to "L" (to turn the power off). Set the shutter release mode selector lever to "S" (to turn the power on). Use six "AA" alkaline and lithium batteries. Check the battery condition in the lower right corner of the main LCD. 1. Lift the battery case lock lever, turn it counter clockwise and pull out the battery holder. The batteries are sufficie
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Diopter Adjustment Look through the viewfinder and make sure that the focus frame (Rectangle with Circle) Replacing the diopter corrected lens is in sharp focus. If it is not, turn the diopter adjustment dial in the "-" direction if you are nearsighted, in the "+" direction if you are farsighted. If this is not sufficient you may 1. Remove the lens supplied with the finder by require an optional diopter corrected lens. See below. pulling it downward. 2. Push the replacement diopter co
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Attaching/Removing the Lens Removing Attaching While pushing the lens release button “A”, rotate 1. Remove the camera's lens opening the lens counter clockwise until it stops and lift it cap, just like you would remove a off. lens, by pushing the lens release button “A” backward and then turn the lens cap or the lens itself counter clockwise and lift out. *After removing the lens from the camera body, protect both ends by attaching To remove the front lens cap, squeeze the shi
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Installing the Battery in the Magazine Setting the Film Speed The button battery supplies power to the magazine's LCD when it is detached from the The film speed (ISO sensitivity value) is the reference for all exposure and must be set camera. When it is attached the power is supplied by the camera's batteries. correctly. If the set value differs from the actual value of the film in use, under- or overexposure may occur. 1. Remove the battery compartment 1. Press the s (up) button. cove
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Attaching/Detaching the Magazine When there are no batteries in the camera, the shutter's "Safety Retraction" feature, Detaching keeps it in the open position and the magazine's dark slide cannot be pulled out, even 1. Insert the dark slide into the magazine. when it is attached to the camera. Film winding and shutter release are also blocked in this case. Attaching 1. Remove the camera's rear body cap and the magazine's protection cap. 2. With your thumb first push button “A” do
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Loading Film in the Magazine 1. Open the back cover of the magazine. 4. Attach an empty spool to the roll-film By first pushing the button “A” down and then insert. button “B” simultaneously. Flip the roll-film insert's lower spool clip "SPL" away from the spool, fit an empty spool between takeup spool studs “E”, and return the spool clip "SPL" to the original position. 2. Take out the roll-film insert. 5. Set the film. Squeeze the center block "645" “C” between your Flip the roll-
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Shutter Release Button/Holding the Camera 7. Insert the loaded film insert into the Shutter Release Button magazine. The shutter release button has a two-step action, A half-press (light pressure) will acti- While squeezing the center latches together, vate the camera, heavier pressure will release the shutter. When pressed lightly it place the film insert, with the feed spool on top, stops at a certain point. In this manual this position is called the "half-press" position. in the mag
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Taking Photos in the Full Automatic Mode 3. Set the exposure mode selector dial to "P" (program 1. Set the shutter release mode selector lever to "S" auto exposure). (single-frame advance mode). There are four exposure modes: "P" (program There are two shutter release modes: "S" AE), "Av" (aperture priority AE), "Tv" (shutter (singleframe advance mode) and "C" priority AE) and "M" (manual mode). (continuous advance mode). (See page 47.) When set to "L", the power is turned off.
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6. Unloading the exposed film. 5. Focus. When the fixed number of exposures have been taken, the camera automatically takes up the film till the end and stops. The LCD panel on the magazine should display End 1. Aim the camera so that the subject is within the focus frame now. 1. Open the back cover. While holding down the magazine's back cover lock release button “A” push the back cover release button “B” to open the back cover. 2. Remove the roll-film insert. Squeeze the rele
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Removing a partially exposed film roll To remove partially exposed film roll, insert the dark slide in the magazine and press the shutter button and the forced film advance button “A” simultaneously. This causes the film to be taken up till the end and the magazine's LCD panel shows "End". 6-exposure film If you continue photographing after the 8th exposure when using 6-exposure film, the shutter membrane may be damaged by the leader paper at the film end or by the film's sticke
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Single Focus Mode (S) Manual Focus Mode (M) The auto focus function can be turned off so the focus can be adjusted manually. This mode uses the focus priority mechanism. 1. Set the focus mode selector lever The shutter can be released when the focus mark to "M" (manual focus mode). in the viewfinder is lit. This mode is suited for still Turn the focus mode selector lever to "M" subjects. The focus is locked when the l focus (manual focus mode). “M.F.” appears on the mark lights in th
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Manual focusing using the focus mark. Subjects With Which Auto Focusing May Not Work (Focus confirmation method) The auto focus function requires subject contrast. Auto focusing may not be possible With this camera, a focus mark l lights in the viewfinder's LCD when the picture is in with the types of subjects described below. If this is the case, either switch to the focus. With the shutter release button half-pressed, turn the lens focusing ring to focus manual focus mode and focus m
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Using the Focus Lock Function AF Supplemental Infrared Light When the subject is dark or the contrast is low If the object on which you want to focus is not in the focus frame, the camera focuses and the camera is having trouble focusing auto- on the background at the middle. In such cases use the focus lock mechanism to lock matically, a red lamp may light on the front of the focus before taking the picture. the camera when the shutter release button is half-pressed. This is a supplemen
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Camera Operation Test This is a simple way to test the camera and autofocus without film. "P" Mode is the easiest. You may use any mode but "T". This camera offers you a selection of four exposure modes - 1. Set the shutter release mode se- 3. Open the back cover. program AE (automatic exposure), aperture priority AE, shutter lector lever to "S" (to turn the 4. Set the autofocus modeselector priority AE and the manual mode. power on). lever to "S". 2. Remove the Dark Slide fr
