Mamiya Mamiyaflex Automat B (1954)
Documentation on the Mamiyaflex Automat B is thin. What survives comes almost entirely from dealer listings, not period reviews or manufacturer literature. What the record does show is consistent. It is a 6x6 twin-lens reflex shooting 120 film, produced in 1954, and it sits somewhere in the long Mamiyaflex line of TLRs that Mamiya built through the 1950s and 1960s. Don't confuse it with the later Mamiyaflex Automat B II, marketed in 1956. That one is a distinct model.
The known specs are few. The viewing and taking lenses are a Sekor 75mm f/3.5. The shutter is a Seikosha Rapid, the lever-set version, per the sources that bother to specify. That is about where the hard facts end. No shutter speed range, aperture range beyond the f/3.5 maximum, focusing system details or dimensions are documented in the available material. One auction listing calls the camera an SLR. The TLR designation is well corroborated across multiple sources and is the correct one.
Surviving examples show up on the secondhand market with seller descriptions like “TOP MINT” and “Exc+5 w/ Case.” That suggests collectors have kept these in decent shape, but it says nothing about how the camera handles or performs. Current asking prices found include ₾900-970 (Georgian Lari, Magnolia Film Lab, out of stock) and €320 (Subito.it, Brescia). collectiblend.com lists a price guide entry with no specific extracted value. No original price, no production numbers and no owner reviews have surfaced.
- Type: Twin-lens reflex, 120 film, 6x6
- Lens: Sekor 75mm f/3.5
- Shutter: Seikosha Rapid (lever set)
- Production year: 1954
This is a short page. If you own an Automat B and can fill in the shutter speeds or the focusing mechanism, the archive would welcome the correction.
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