Restoring the Mamiya M645 | Bringing a Classic Medium Format Camera Back to Life #JPfans

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• GE

  @germansaez · 1 month ago

  My deepest admiration for remembering the position of every part and your patience.<br>And the engineers of that glorious era.

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• LA

  @lautrey6531 · 8 days ago

  Another great oldie given a new lease of life, thank to you! Congratulations.

• JO

  @johnfisher747 · 1 month ago

  From the outside it doesn’t look complicated. I mean, it’s only a light proof box, manual film advance, shutter and aperture, how many parts do you need to make it work? Then he opens it up and oh my god!! The number of individual parts required to achieve the aims of capturing an image is staggering. Human ingenuity is mind blowing. Being able to strip and rebuild this thing back to original specs is extremely impressive to watch. Bravo!!

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• JO

  @jordanmillard3802 · 1 month ago

  Really gotta hand it to the engineers of the day, thats a lot moving parts to work flawlessly

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• IB

  @IBMCertified · 1 month ago (edited)

  250 million moving parts and pieces. &nbsp;What could go wrong? &nbsp;I&apos;m only about 1/3 of the way into the video. &nbsp;This is crazy. &nbsp;How in the world would you keep up with all of the parts and pieces? &nbsp;I&apos;ve seen this person restore other cameras and have always been amazed, but this one is the most complicated looking camera that I&apos;ve seen them restore.

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• AN

  @Anuhea_Silverheart · 1 month ago

  Hurray, another restoration of another camera! It&apos;s always a joy to see the progress of its restoration, it brings the life of the camera and taking pictures, such analog camera can&apos;t ever be replaced by digital device.

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• HI

  @highfidelity1st · 2 weeks ago

  Wow that was a marathon, I was even there for the lens clean. Great job shame about the worn gear.. &nbsp;And I thought my Rollei 35 TE &nbsp;repair was time consuming.. &nbsp;thanks for posting..🤓📷🎞️🏍️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

• CL

  @clubprojects6923 · 1 month ago

  I was young in the 80&apos;s. Those things weren&apos;t cheap.

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• MR

  @MrCrystalcranium · 1 month ago

  I’m stunned! What an amazing restoration. This camera makes a Patek Philippe mechanical watch movement with complications look like an old, dirty smoking diesel engine. I hope film makes a comeback like analog has in music reproduction. This micro machine marvel deserves all the skill and love you put into it. Bravo X 10!

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• JO

  @johnpeschke7723 · 1 month ago

  absolutely remarkable work that exposes the miracle of mechanical engineering at its finest

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• WH

  @WhoIsSerafin · 1 month ago

  It didn&apos;t look to complex until you started a disassembly. Then you realize just how complicated it is.

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• JI

  @jibeji · 1 month ago

  I find it absolutely incredible that people were able to imagine and then build something with this level of engineering.<br>And kuddos for not being lost with 1 millions parts ! 😄

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