Mamiya C220 w/ Ilford HP5+ in one day.

[Paul Taylor]

I bought a very nice condition Mamiya C220 w/80mmF2.8 lens of Ebay.

Originally I had ordered a Yashica 635, however despite it being in great condition - it was missing the upper film guide/roller. The seller had offered to send me the part - but I resisted the urge to repair another camera and since it was an odd part to go missing I wondered what caused it to be missing, so it went back to the seller.

I then seen the C220 listed, and upon very close inspection of the pictures - I was pretty sure it had been serviced recently or at least in use recently as the foam on the film door looked quite new. So I bought it, and it arrived last night. Upon inspection I now am 99% this camera was recently completely serviced - the foam is indeed very new, the viewfinder doesn't have any dust, and the shutter sounds new. I loaded a roll of film and went to my usual places (so there will be some scenes you have probably seen before.)

Needless to say I am very happy with the results. The camera works fantastically well and I was surprised with how sharp the lens is (it is the older variant.)

PXL_20250612_161357753 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

PXL_20250612_161327277 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Henry, my plant.
Mamiya C220 - Ilford HP5 -CS DF96 - D800-2050 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

The usual breakfast spot
Mamiya C220 - Ilford HP5 -CS DF96 - D800-2047 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Woodgrain
Mamiya C220 - Ilford HP5 -CS DF96 - D800-2044 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

The exact amount of shade
Mamiya C220 - Ilford HP5 -CS DF96 - D800-2043 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Bridge to one of my fav trees
Mamiya C220 - Ilford HP5 -CS DF96 - D800-2042 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Flowers
Mamiya C220 - Ilford HP5 -CS DF96 - D800-2041 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

Nice bench, but too warm to sit
Mamiya C220 - Ilford HP5 -CS DF96 - D800-2045 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr

 

[Paul Taylor]

Since it didn't have a lens cap - I measure a few things, loaded up TinkerCad and designed / 3d printed one :

PXL_20250612_201238848 by Paul Taylor, on Flickr


This brings me up to six medium format cameras : Fuji GS645W , Bronica EC, Pentax 645, the C220, and two 3D printed panoramics.

 

[Gary R. Smith]

Bright view in the finder! Sharp images - looks like you did good Paul. I'll finally be mixing up my Kodak chemistry tomorrow. Picked up 2 gallons of distilled water today. I'll need to heat the water for the D-76 but the fixer looks like it can be done at room temp. I'm not confident that the volume is actually a gallon, so I'll measure that before I end up with slightly diluted mixes.

 

[Bill Brown]

Since it didn't have a lens cap - I measure a few things, loaded up TinkerCad and designed / 3d printed one :

Paul, I recommended you to Scott Ferguson, a 35mmc contributor just because of stuff like this. He needs some kind of rewind lever for his Leica M2. You're amazing!