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I see no evidence anywhere on the RB of separate serial numbering, no commemorative badge on body, back, finder or lens that could give any clue as to numbering or quantity. Trustworthy Japanese sellers claim 300 for the RB67 "GL" and 50 for the C330S "Special Selection". Gold is gold and rare is rare, but "collectors" usually want a limited edition camera to be unusual, or all-metal, and/or of European craftsmanship (Leica and Hasselblad/Zeiss gold has cachet, Mamiya not so much).Īctual numbers are hard to pin down. The 330S is particularly problematic as the gold has been added to plastic parts like the base cap and lens mounting board nameplate. The cameras and lenses under the gold are too common, were never considered particularly beautiful or display-worthy, and other than the trim there is nothing rare about them: they're ordinary examples pulled off the assembly line and glitzed up. But simply surface-glazing a couple spots in gold on a small number of otherwise-common non-descript cameras with zero pre-existing collector interest does not make them "collectible" in the traditional sense (the gold trim and lizard leatherette are rare, but nobody really cares). That is not a reflection on the innate desirability of the cameras themselves: both are amazing medium format classics. They sit and rot on eBay, rarely turning up in the "sold" column. These "gold edition" Mamiyas (both RB67 and C330S) don't seem to have collector awareness or appeal outside Japan, the market they were intended for in the first place. So all one can rely on is guesswork and scraps of info gleaned from Japanese dealers and the special-edition cameras themselves. Unfortunately, there is no exact equivalent to the exhaustively complete "Hasselblad Compendium" published for Mamiya cameras: the wonderful Robb Smith Mamiya volume pre-dates these gold limited editions by some years, and the Bob Shell Mamiya book covering '80s thru '94 doesn't seem to mention them. Thank you all for any information on this camera! ![]() I do not plan on selling it, because it was a gift, however, it would be interesting to know how much it is worth. So I wondered, if anybody here knows more about it, when it was produced, how many there are, if the lenses are normal versions or blue dot without the blue dot and what this camera could be worth? MAMIYA C330 SERIAL NUMBERS SKINThe camera itself is a limited edition of the C330 S, with gold details and lizard skin leatherette, as far as I could find out.īecause I could not find any further details on this model (only japanese websites), I went to the Leica Shop here in Vienna, but even they told me, they had never seen this version of the camera. The camera comes with a 55mm 4.5, 80mm 2.8, 135mm 4.5 and a 180mm 4.5 lenses (all with a gold ring on the lens barrel) and the original strap with stiched on Mamiya C330 Special Selection logo. This model was 340 grams lighter than the previous model C33, which weighed 2040 grams (with 80 mm lens).I visited my best friend's marriage in Tokyo this summer and was gifted a Mamiya C330 Special Selection by his family, that was owned by his father since the 90's. MAMIYA C330 SERIAL NUMBERS PROFESSIONALThe Mamiya C330 Professional is a traditional film twin-lens reflex camera introduced in the 1970s for the professional and advanced amateur photography markets. It has bellows focusing, it racks out 60mm, 2 ½ inch. MAMIYA C330 SERIAL NUMBERS FULLIn Full Frame to 28mm) to 250mm ( FF about 125mm). The Mamiya C330 is a TLR, 6×6 format, with interchangeable lenses. There is a few very thin fog on the lens, but it dose NOT affect on shooting. MAMIYA C330 SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBERSerial number 【 30073, 29959 】 Appearance Appperance is beautiful, very tiny scuffs from normal use. MAMIYA C330 SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBERSWe found at least 10 Websites Listing below when search with mamiya c330 serial numbers on Search Engine Mamiya C330 - The free camera encyclopedia The C330 was released in 1969 as part of the Mamiya C series of interchangeable lens medium format TLR cameras. 10x10mm waist view finder, three screw (pre-war Mamiya Six II, III) Serial Number to left of flash shoe, above MAMIYA-6 10x10mm waist view finder, two screws (post-war Mamiya Six II, III) Serial Number to left of flash shoe, below MAMIYA-6 curved housing, tail of '6' is pointy Serial Number to left of flash shoe, below MAMIYA-6. ![]()
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