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Instructions
Printed in Japan
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Preface Congratulations on your purchase of the Mamiya 645 AFD III Camera. Special Advice To Professional Photographers Mamiya pioneered the 645 SLR system camera three decades ago and the Mamiya 645 AFDIII, with its TTL auto-focus, auto-exposure, auto-flash and Your Mamiya 645 AFDIII is designed for heavy professional use and will give you a long auto-film winding features is the latest Mamiya masterpiece and reflects its service life if properly maintained. Your camera and lenses have many mov
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Names of Parts and Functions Hot shoe (page 82) Exposure mode dial lock release button (page 53 to 60) Diopter adjustment lens (standard accessory) (page 20) Exposure mode dial (page 53 to 60) Dark slide storage pocket (page 32) Memo clip (page 103) Auto focus assist infrared light emission window (page 50) Screw cap for battery compartment for magazine LCD Eyepiece shutter lever (page 75) (page 13) Self timer lamp (page 77) External power socket (page 102) Main LCD (page 5) Battery case lock le
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Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD) Main LCD Viewfinder LCD Program shift indicator Auto focus area frame Program mode mark Shutter speed (second)/Month and date AE lock mode mark Custom function mode mark Aperture/Year Multiple exposure mode mark User function mode mark Exposure compensation mode mark AF area mark Flash compensation mark Battery power indicator Exposure compensation value Exposure metering mode Auto bracketing mode mark Self timer mode mark Defocus indicators mark Exposure meteri
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Content Preface........................................................................................................... 1 to 2 Exposure Modes....................................................................................... 53 to 60 Program AE (P) ................................................................................................ 53 Names of Parts and Functions.................................................................... 3 to 4 Program Shift (P /P ) ..................
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M S AF C Camera Operation Test This is a simple way to test the camera and auto focus without film. “P” Mode is the easiest. You may use any mode but “CF”. Before Taking Photographs Preparation before taking photographs This chapter describes how to put in the batteries, how to in- stall and remove the lens, and how to install and remove the 1. Set the shutter release mode se- 3. Open the back cover of the magazine. lector lever to “S” (to turn the magazine. (See page 29) power on. See page 35).
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The camera will not operate Inserting the Batteries ( ) Checking the Battery Power without batteries Set the drive dial to “L” to turn off the power. Set the drive dial to “S” to turn on the power. Use six “AA” alkaline or 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 The batteries are sufficiently charged. clockwise and pull out the battery holder. There is little pow
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Installing the Battery in the Magazine Battery Power / Battery Care The camera’s power is turned on when the drive Battery power The button battery supplies power to the magazine's LCD when the film magazine is dial is set to “S,” “C” or “M.UP.” In order to prevent detached from the camera. the camera’s batteries from discharging, sleep mode is automatically established if no operations 1. Remove the battery compartment are performed for a specific period of time while the power is ON (with exp
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AF MF 80mm 1:28 MF 80mm 1:28 AF 0 5 22 20 11 4 4 11 22 ft m 22 11 4 4 11 22 Attaching and Removing a Lens Attaching 2. Attaching the lens Line up the lens mount alignment mark B with 1. Remove the front body cap, just like mark C on the camera to fit the lens in place, you would remove a lens, by pushing the then rotate it in the direction of the arrow until it lens release button backward and then clicks into place. turn the front body cap or the lens itself counter clockwise and lift out. A C
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Attaching / Detaching a Magazine 2. Press the magazine to the camera body, then Installation and removal of the magazine and its dark slide the couplers on the camera body and the Unless the dark slide is inserted in the magazine, you cannot install and remove the magazine together. You will hear the shutter and magazine. When the camera batteries power is low, or batteries are not installed, the mirror click into the shooting position. A dark slide cannot be removed although the magazine can be
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Diopter Adjustment Replacing the Diopter Correction Lens 1. Remove the lens supplied with the finder by Look through the viewfinder and make sure that the focus frame (Rectangle with Circle) pulling it downward. 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 require an optional diopter correction lens. See below. 2. Push the replacement diopter correction
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Av Av Av Av Tv Tv Tv Tv M M M M X X X X CF CF CF CF Setting the Index Number The index numbers are indicated in four digits (0000 to 9999).The index number is stored 6. After the index number is specified, press the set button A for approximately one in the camera body so that when replacing a series of roll film holders, the camera will second to store the setting. superimpose sequential index numbers on exposures. This is effective when exposing In the default setting the index number is not
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Av Av Av Tv Tv Tv M M M X X X CF CF CF Setting Date and Time / Strap Setting Date and Time When the camera is set to sleep mode during the setting procedure, the flashing 1. Turn on the power. Set the shutter release mode selector lever to “S” display is cleared, and no further settings can be performed. If this happens, press or “C.” A A SET button A A A again. The camera automatically cancels the date and time setting mode when it is not operated for 60 seconds, and the changes will not be
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Basic Operation This section describes basic camera operations, how to load film and fully automatic photography.
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80mm 1:28 MF AF 0 5 22 20 11 4 4 11 22 ft m P SET Av Attaching a Lens and a Magazine Setting the Film Speed The film speed (ISO speed) is a numeric reference of the sensitivity to light, and must be Attaching a Lens set correctly. If the set value differs from the actual value of the film in use, under- or Line up the lens mount alignment mark A with over-exposure may occur. mark B on the camera to fit the lens in place, 1. Press the (up) button. then rotate it in the direction of the arrow unt
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Loading Film in the Magazine A roll of film can be inserted into the magazine whether the magazine is installed onto Caution: When the pressure plate (120/220) is set erroneously the camera body or not. When the pressure plate setting does not correspond to the loaded film a mis- match between the pressure plate setting and loaded film may result in a focusing 1. Open the back cover of the B error and/or camera malfunction. Always ensure that the pressure plate setting magazine. corresponds t
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Loading Film (continued) 6. Attach the leader paper of the 8. Close the back cover. Push in the upper part of the back cover firmly to film to the empty spool. close it. Run the film as shown, and insert the tip of the leader paper into the slit of the empty spool. Wrap Attach the magazine to the camera body. Pull out the leader paper around the empty spool once or the dark slide, and press the shutter release but- twice by rotating it. Further adjustment of the film ton halfway. This will advan
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Loading the film (continued) Selecting the Shooting Frame Number Display Under the initial settings, the shooting frame number display advances by one frame Compatibility between the HM402 and HM401 120/220 with each picture taken (forward counting). This display can be changed to reverse count- magazines ing, a system which shows the number of remaining shooting frames. The HM402 is compatible with the HM401 120/220 magazine used for the 645AF, 645AFD, and 645AFD II camera bodies in terms of it
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P P EL Av Av M S AF C Taking Photos in the Fully Automatic Mode 1. Set the drive dial to “S” (single-frame advance mode). 3. Set the exposure mode selector dial to “P” (pro- gram auto exposure). There are four exposure modes: “P” (program AE), The drive dial has an “S” (single-frame advance “Av” (aperture priority AE), “Tv” (shutter priority mode) setting and a “C” (continuous advance AE) and “M” (manual mode). mode) setting. (See page 51.) When set to “L,” the power is turned off. Tv Exposure m
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Taking Photos (continued) Shutter Release Button / Holding the Camera 5. Focus Shutter Release Button 1. Aim the camera so that the subject is within the focus frame . The shutter release button has a two-step action. When pressed lightly it stops at a certain point. In this manual this position is called the “half-press” position.When you “half-pressed” this button, camera functions are activated.When the shutter button is pressed further down, the shutter is tripped. This position is called th
