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Mamiya 645 AF / AFD

Mamiya · Mamiya 645 AF mount · 56×41.5mm on 120 (16 exposures) or 220 (32 exposures) via interchangeable roll film magazines; Polaroid Land pack film via the HP402 magazine; digital backs on the AFD, AFD II and AFD III · 1999

single source, unconfirmed

Also known as: Mamiya 645 AF · Mamiya 645AF · Mamiya 645 AFD · Mamiya 645AFD · Mamiya 645 AFD II · Mamiya 645AFDII · Mamiya 645 AFD III · Mamiya 645AFDIII · 645AF · 645AFD · 645 AFD · AFD II · AFD III · Phase One 645 AF · Phase One 645AF · マミヤ 645AF · マミヤ 645AFD · マミヤ 645AFDII · マミヤ 645AFDIII · マミヤ 645 AF

Variants & identification

Variant Mount Years Serial ranges Production
645 AF Mamiya 645 AF 1999–2001 — No figure published by any source consulted
645 AFD Mamiya 645 AF 2001–2005 — No figure published by any source consulted
645 AFD II Mamiya 645 AF 2005–2008 — No figure published by any source consulted
645 AFD III Mamiya 645 AF 2008 — No figure published by any source consulted
  1. Weights: 1,730 g without batteries is the 645 AF manual's figure and kakaku.com's AF specification, and the dealer sheet for the AFD III repeats it; the AFD III manual's table (ManualsLib) prints 1,780 g. Kamerastore's shop pages give 1,554 g and 142 × 152 × 134 mm for the AF and 1,060 g and 142 × 153 × 131 mm for the AFD III, which do not match the manuals and are not used here.
  2. The mount is the 645 AF bayonet of 1999, not the 1975 M645 bayonet. The manuals list it as compatible with the M645 mount: the manual-focus lenses go on the AF bodies directly, with manual focus, focus confirmation and stop-down metering (Av or M), but AF lenses do not fit the manual-focus bodies. Mamiya's own mount adapter is for Hasselblad V lenses (English Wikipedia lists the black HBB and silver HBW adapters), with the same stop-down limits.
  3. The AFD II release date is disputed: 29 July 2005 (kakaku.com) or September 2005 (The Photo Nerd). Japanese and English Wikipedia give only the year.
  4. The end of AFD III production is not given by any source consulted; the 645DF of 2009 succeeded it for digital only, and the AFD III stayed the film-capable body.
  5. Single-source claims: the 1.2 fps figure for the AF (its manual, repeated by Japan Camera Hunter and The Photo Nerd for the AFD); the factory upgrade needed for an original AF to take digital backs and the D-lens incompatibility of the AF and AFD (Flickr group discussion); the 2008 coloured-body and Phase One badge details beyond Wikipedia.
  6. No production figures are published for any of the four bodies.
How to tell them apart (expand)
  • Model name on the front of the prism housing: 645 AF, 645 AFD, 645 AFD II or 645 AFD III (Phase One 645 AF on the rebadged AFD III)
  • Fixed prism with integral grip and built-in motor: no removable finder, no crank, no separate winder, which separates it from every manual-focus 645
  • 645 AF bayonet with electrical contacts; AF lenses have no aperture ring and are set from the body's dials
  • AF and AFD: T on the mode dial and a mechanical mirror-up lever. AFD II and III: CF on the mode dial, electronic mirror-up, AFL button. AFD III only: three AF points and the HM402 magazine

645 AF:

  • '645 AF' on the front of the prism housing; no 'D' in the name
  • Mode dial with a T (time) position as well as B; the AFD II dropped T
  • Mechanical mirror-up lever on the body side; the AFD II moved mirror lock to a button and menu
  • Fixed prism with 0.71× magnification and built-in diopter adjustment; no waist-level finder fits

645 AFD:

  • '645 AFD' on the front of the prism housing
  • Outwardly the 645 AF: same T position on the mode dial, same mirror-up lever (Japanese Wikipedia: 外観はほとんど初代から変更なし)
  • Digital back status shown on the body's external LCD when a back is fitted (camera-wiki)

645 AFD II:

  • '645 AFD II' on the front
  • CF position on the mode dial for the 36 custom functions; no T position, B is electronic
  • Electronic mirror-up by button instead of the mechanical lever; separate AFL (autofocus lock) button
  • Self-timer on the shutter-release mode selector

645 AFD III:

  • '645 AFD III' on the front; the Phase One-badged version reads 'Phase One 645 AF'
  • Three selectable AF points (centre, left, right, or auto) instead of the single centre point
  • Mirror-up on the shutter-release lock, self-timer access reversed, and a mirror-up delay custom function
  • Sold with the HM402 roll film magazine; the earlier HM401 fits but advances more slowly

Serial-range notes

Numeric, no date-code prefix documented
Mamiya Repair's date-code page lists the two-letter year/month prefix for the 645 Super, Pro and Pro TL, the Mamiya 6/7 and the RZ67 Pro II and says it does not service the 645AF/AFD; no source consulted documents a dating scheme for the autofocus bodies.

Specifications

Format
56×41.5mm on 120 (16 exposures) or 220 (32 exposures) via interchangeable roll film magazines; Polaroid Land pack film via the HP402 magazine; digital backs on the AFD, AFD II and AFD III · 16 on 120; 32 on 220 exposures
Finder
fixed pentaprism with TTL metering, eyepiece shutter and built-in diopter adjustment -2.5 to +0.5; right-angle eyepiece attachment available; no waist-level finder · 0.71× magnification · 94% coverage
Shutter
electronically controlled vertical-travel metal focal-plane shutter; the curtains open when the magazine is removed and close when one is attached (emergency curtain mechanism) · 30s–1/4000 (1/8 steps in AE, 1/2 steps manual; 1/3 steps selectable on the AFD II and AFD III), B (electronic), T (mechanical, AF and AFD only); auto-bracketing in 1/3, 1/2, 2/3 and 1-stop units · flash sync 1/125 X; sets itself to 1/125 at faster speeds; TTL direct flash metering with Metz SCA 3000 flashes through the SCA 3951 adapter; hot shoe and PC terminal · self-timer
Film advance
built-in motor, single or continuous; about 1.2 frames per second on the AF (manual); 2 frames per second on the AFD III with the HM402 magazine; automatic advance to frame 1 on the first release, auto-rewind at the end of the roll; multiple exposure 1 to 5 frames
Back
interchangeable roll film magazines HM401 (AF to AFD II) and HM402 (AFD III) for 120 and 220, each with its own LCD, ISO 25–6400 setting, film-type switch and a CR2032 cell; Polaroid Land pack film magazine HP402; digital backs from Mamiya (ZD back), Leaf and Phase One on the AFD, AFD II and AFD III
Meter
TTL in the fixed prism: centre-weighted average (A), spot (S) and auto variable-ratio (A-S); EV 2 to EV 18 at ISO 100 with f/2.8 (AF manual; EV 19 upper limit in the AFD III sheet); aperture-priority, shutter-priority, program with PH/PL shift, and manual; ±3 EV compensation in 1/3 steps; AE lock; stop-down metering only with M645 manual-focus lenses
Motor drive
Compatible — Built into the body; there is no separate winder or grip. Six AA cells in a removable holder in the grip; an external battery case is sold for cold weather
Weight
1730 g
Dimensions
153 × 128 × 184 (W × H × D), body with prism and film magazine, no lens, 1,730 g without batteries, from the 645 AF instruction manual and kakaku.com's AF specification; the AFD III manual gives the same dimensions and 1,780 g mm
Country
Japan
Original price
AFD II body ¥315,000 (2005) and AFD III body ¥397,000 (2008), kakaku.com メーカー希望小売価格; no list price found for the 1999 AF or the 2001 AFD; Greenspun quotes about $3,500 for an AFD with 80mm f/2.8 and 120/220 back in January 2002 (today ¥359,000)
Accessories
Roll film magazines HM401 (120/220, AF to AFD II) and HM402 (AFD III, faster transport); Polaroid Land Pack Film magazine HP402 · Digital backs: Mamiya ZD back (22 MP), Leaf and Phase One backs (AFD, AFD II, AFD III per camera-wiki) · Focusing screens: Matte, Checker, manual-focus microprism #314474 for M645 lenses; right-angle eyepiece; diopter correction lenses -5 to -2 and 0 to +3 · External battery case for cold weather; electromagnetic cable release; remote-control terminal; SCA 3951 adapter for Metz SCA 3000 flashes · Mamiya mount adapter for Hasselblad V lenses (HBB black, HBW silver) · Sekor AF lenses 28mm f/4.5 D to 300mm f/4.5 and the AF ULD 105–210mm f/4.5 zoom (13 in camera-wiki's autumn-2008 list); manual-focus 120mm f/4 D macro

Interchangeable screens: Matte (standard), Checker, and a manual-focus microprism screen #314474 for M645 lenses (645 AF manual). LCD in the finder shows focus mark, out-of-focus direction, aperture, speed, metering mode and compensation.

Where sources disagree

First
  • 29 July 2005 — kakaku.com
  • September 2005 — The Photo Nerd (as the end of AFD production)
  • 2005 — Japanese Wikipedia's Mamiya product list; English Wikipedia

Better supported: 2005

Only the month is in question.

Weight (grams) (645 AFD III)
  • 1,730 g without batteries — Global Media Pro's AFD III specification sheet; the 645 AF manual for the AF
  • 1,780 g without battery — AFD III instruction manual via ManualsLib

Better supported: 1,730

Same 153 × 128 × 184 mm in both; the family field carries the AF manual's 1,730 g.

Meter (upper limit)
  • EV 2 to EV 18 — 645 AF instruction manual
  • EV 2 to EV 19 — camera-wiki; AFD III specification sheet

Better supported: EV 18 for the AF

What reviewers say

History

The 645 AF of September 1999 is Mamiya’s first autofocus camera and a clean break from the manual-focus 645 line it replaced in the catalogue. Where the 645 Super, Pro and Pro TL were modular kits of body, finder, crank or grip and holder, the AF is one piece: a fixed metering pentaprism, a motor for advance and autofocus, and a grip holding six AA cells are all built in, and only the film magazine comes off. The lens mount is new, a bayonet with electrical contacts that camera-wiki calls the 645 AF mount, on which the AF lenses have no aperture ring and take their aperture from the body’s dials. The manual-focus lenses of 1975 onward mount on it directly: the manual’s own specification lists the mount as “compatible with M645 mount (manual focus confirmation, focus aid, stop-down exposure metering)”, and a microprism screen (#314474) is sold for them. What they lose is automatic diaphragm coupling, so the metering is stop-down in Av or M, and the reverse is not possible at all, since an AF lens does not fit a manual-focus body. Mamiya’s only mount adapter for these bodies is the one for Hasselblad V lenses, which work under the same stop-down limits.

The specification is the same across the four bodies. The shutter is an electronically controlled vertical metal focal-plane unit running 30s to 1/4000, in 1/8 steps under AE and 1/2 steps in manual, with X sync at 1/125 and a hot shoe and PC terminal; when the magazine comes off the curtains open, and they close again when one is fitted. The fixed prism shows 94 per cent of the 56×41.5mm frame at 0.71× with a built-in diopter, and meters centre-weighted, spot or an automatic blend of the two from EV 2 to EV 18 at ISO 100 with an f/2.8 lens, in aperture-priority, shutter-priority, program and manual, with ±3 EV compensation and AE lock. The 120 magazine gives 16 frames and the 220 magazine 32, each back carrying its own LCD, ISO setting from 25 to 6400 and a CR2032 cell so that it remembers its frame count off the camera. Continuous advance is about 1.2 frames per second on the AF, and 2 frames per second on the AFD III with its HM402 magazine. The manual gives 153 × 128 × 184 mm and 1,730 g without batteries for body, prism and magazine.

What changed is mostly electronics. The 645 AFD of December 2001 added Mamiya Serial Communication so that a digital back can exchange data with the body and show its status on the body’s LCD; Japanese Wikipedia and the Ishii Camera summary both say the outside is otherwise the first camera, and that is where the D in the name comes from. The AFD II of 2005 (29 July by kakaku.com, September by The Photo Nerd) brought a quieter focusing motor and a new algorithm, a CF position on the mode dial with 36 custom functions including a choice of 1/2 or 1/3 stops, an electronic mirror-up by button in place of the lever, an AFL button, and the loss of the mechanical T setting. The AFD III of April 2008 moved mirror-up to the release lock, added a mirror-up delay function, three selectable AF points where every earlier body had one at the centre, the HM402 magazine and acceptance of Ni-Cd and Ni-MH cells. Phase One sold the same camera as the Phase One 645 AF, and in September 2009 the two companies’ 645DF, on the same mount, gave up film backs altogether, which leaves the AFD III as the last film-capable body on the mount. Kakaku.com prints ¥315,000 for the AFD II body and ¥397,000 for the AFD III; no list price was found for the AF or AFD, and Greenspun’s January 2002 figure of about $3,500 is for an AFD with the 80mm f/2.8 and a back.

To identify one, read the prism front: 645 AF, 645 AFD, 645 AFD II or 645 AFD III. An AF or AFD has T on the mode dial and a mechanical mirror-up lever on the body; an AFD II or III has CF on the dial, a mirror-up button and an AFL button; only the III has the three-point AF selector and ships with the HM402. Which backs and lenses a body talks to is the real dividing line, and the Flickr group’s thread is the only source that lays it out: an original AF needed a factory upgrade to take digital backs and does not drive the later D-series lenses, the AFD II works with the D lenses and all backs, and the AFD III with everything short of the leaf-shutter LS lenses made for the 645DF. That is a user forum and is carried here as such.

Buying advice from the reviews turns on the autofocus and the batteries. Every reviewer describes the body-driven AF as slow and loud, and the single centre point on the AF through AFD II as forcing focus and recompose; Fstoppers calls continuous AF unusable, while Japan Camera Hunter finds it good enough for street candids. The film back needs its CR2032 to hold settings and its ISO buttons are small and stiff, so check the back’s LCD and that the ISO changes. The body’s six AA cells run everything, and Greenspun quotes 340 rolls from lithium cells. Mamiya Repair’s date-code page does not cover these bodies and says the shop does not service them, so there is no published way to date a serial, and no production figure exists for any of the four.

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This history is AI-written, from the sources listed at the foot of the page. Where the record is silent it says so rather than filling the gap — but no human wrote these sentences.

Photographs

Mamiya 645 AF / AFD
Mamiya 645 AF with a manual-focus Mamiya-Sekor C 80mm f/1.9 mounted directly — ptrktn, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Mamiya 645 AF / AFD
Mamiya 645 AFD with an adapted Arsat 30mm fisheye — Tom Matsumoto, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Mamiya 645 AF / AFD
645 AFD with a Hasselblad 50mm Distagon on Mamiya's V-mount adapter (the uploader's title reads '645AFD+') — 測鏡者, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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Live listings

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Related: Mamiya 645 Super / Pro / Pro TL · Mamiya 645E · Mamiya M645 · Mamiya RZ67 · Mamiya 7 · Mamiya 7 II

Lenses for this body: Mamiya 645 AF 120mm f/4 Macro · Mamiya 645 AF 150mm f/3.5 · Mamiya 645 AF 210mm f/4 · Mamiya 645 AF 35mm f/3.5 · Mamiya 645 AF 45mm f/2.8 · Mamiya 645 AF 80mm f/2.8

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