Mamiya 645 Super / Pro / Pro TL
Mamiya · Mamiya 645 mount · 56×41.5mm on 120 (15 exposures) or 220 (30 exposures) via interchangeable roll film holders; 35mm (24×36 and 13×36 panoramic) and Polaroid 100/600-series pack film via their own holders · 1985
single source, unconfirmedAlso known as: Mamiya 645 Super · Mamiya M645 Super · Mamiya 645 Pro · Mamiya 645 PRO · Mamiya 645 Pro TL · Mamiya 645 PRO TL · Mamiya 645 Pro-TL · 645 Super · 645 Pro · 645 Pro TL · 645ProTL · M645 Super · マミヤ 645 スーパー · マミヤ 645 プロ · マミヤ 645 プロ TL · マミヤ 645PRO · マミヤ 645PRO TL
Variants & identification
| Variant | Mount | Years | Serial ranges | Production |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 645 Super | Mamiya 645 | 1985–1993 | Two-letter date-code prefix before the digits (Mamiya Repair): year letter A–T for 1981–2000, month letter A–L, e.g. an F… prefix for 1986 | No figure published by any source consulted |
| 645 Pro · [object Object] | Mamiya 645 | 1992–1998 | Same two-letter date-code prefix as the Super (Mamiya Repair); L… to R… prefixes fall in 1992–98 | No figure published by any source consulted |
| 645 Pro TL · [object Object] | Mamiya 645 | 1997–2006 | Same two-letter date-code prefix (Mamiya Repair): Q… (1997) through T… (2000), then A… again from 2001 on the 2001–2014 table | No figure published; camera-wiki records a small run of Pro TL bodies in various colours in 2008 |
- The 645E of March 2000 (camera-wiki; Japanese Wikipedia's product list has 1998) is a fixed-finder, fixed-back body taking film inserts like the 1975 M645, sold alongside the Pro TL as an entry model. It is not a variant of this family and its listings are excluded.
- Weights are body with 120 holder unless stated: 895 g Super (camera-wiki, English Wikipedia), 980 g Pro (Pro manual), 970 g Pro TL (Pro TL manual). The Super dimensions camera-wiki prints (91 × 87.5 × 116 mm) are inconsistent with the Pro and Pro TL manuals' 124 mm width for a body with holder and are single-source.
- The self-timer entry in the family shutter is for the Super; the Pro and Pro TL variants carry their own shutter blocks with a self-timer and no mechanical speed.
- No list price in yen or dollars was found in any source consulted; the Japanese Wikipedia product list gives dates but not prices for these three bodies.
- The 2008 coloured-body run of the Pro TL is reported by camera-wiki only.
How to tell them apart
- Model name on the front plate: M645 SUPER, 645 PRO or 645 PRO TL
- Removable back: a dark-slide slot and a film holder that detaches from the body separate all three from the M645, M645 1000S, M645 J and 645E, which take inserts into a fixed chamber
- Polycarbonate shell over a diecast frame, where the 1975–79 bodies are metal-skinned (camera-wiki)
- Super: angular shell, no self-timer lamp, red 60 on the dial usable without a battery. Pro and Pro TL: rounded shell, self-timer lamp on the front. Pro TL only: six-pin TTL flash connector on the body side
645 Super:
- 'M645 SUPER' on the front of the body below the finder; angular polycarbonate shell over a diecast frame, squarer than the rounded Pro
- Shutter-speed dial with a red 60 that also works with no battery: the only body of the three with a mechanical speed
- No self-timer; the Pro and Pro TL added one
- Sold with the Waist Level Finder N or the angular AE Prism Finder N; the rounded FE401 and the Keplerian FK402 are later finders that also fit
645 Pro:
- '645 PRO' on the front; rounded shell in place of the Super's angular one
- Self-timer lamp on the front and a selectable release-lock / self-timer mode on the release collar
- No red mechanical 60 on the dial: every speed needs the 6V battery
- No six-pin TTL flash coupling connector on the body side; that is the Pro TL
645 Pro TL:
- '645 PRO TL' on the front
- Six-pin coupling connector on the body for a dedicated TTL flash (Metz with SCA 396 module), supplied with a cap; the connector is the whole external difference from the Pro
- Delivered with the Type E split-image / microprism screen
- 645 Super: The first Mamiya 645 with a removable film back: a dark slide goes in and the holder comes off mid-roll, where the M645 of 1975 had a fixed chamber taking film inserts. Camera-wiki gives 895 g and 91 × 87.5 × 116 mm for body and 120 back, and English Wikipedia the same weight; the dimensions do not square with the Pro TL manual's 124 × 103 × 124 mm for a body with holder and are carried here only as camera-wiki prints them. The Super took the Power Drive Grip WG401 and the same M645 bayonet as the 1975 bodies, so every C, N and leaf-shutter Mamiya-Sekor for the 645 fits.
- 645 Pro: The instruction manual's own summary of the change is a self-timer (LED lit for eight seconds, blinking for two), a time-exposure circuit that switches the battery off, and LED warnings through the AE Prism Finder FE401 when the dark slide is in or the film has not taken up. Camera-wiki adds the loss of the Super's mechanical 1/60, so a Pro with a dead battery does nothing at all. The manual's specification table gives 124 × 102.5 × 124 mm and 980 g for body with 120 Roll Film Holder HA401; 1,345 g with Waist Level Finder N and 80mm f/2.8 N; 1,530 g with the Prism Finder FP401; 1,545 g with the AE Prism Finder FE401; 1,800 g with the Power Drive Grip WG401, FE401 and 80mm f/2.8 N, without batteries. Camera-wiki dates the introduction to April 1992; English Wikipedia's product list has 1993–1998.
- 645 Pro TL: The Pro with through-the-lens, off-the-film flash metering: a photoreceptor inside the body reads the light reflected from the film during exposure and quenches a dedicated Metz Mecablitz through the SCA 396 adapter. Everything else, including the loss of the mechanical speed, is the Pro. The manual's table gives 124 × 103 × 124 mm and 970 g for body with HA401 holder, and 1,805 g with the FE401 finder, WG401 grip and 80mm f/2.8 N. The autofocus 645 AF of late 1999 succeeded it in the catalogue, but camera-wiki and English Wikipedia carry the Pro TL to 2006, and camera-wiki adds a small coloured-body run in 2008.
Serial-range notes
- Two letters before the digits
- Mamiya Repair's date-code page puts a two-letter code as a prefix to the serial on the 645 Super, Pro and Pro TL (and on the Mamiya 6/7 and RZ67 Pro II): first letter the year, second the month. The year letters run A–J for 1961–70 and again for 1971–80, A–T for 1981–2000, and A–N for 2001–14, so the code alone does not say which decade; the model does.
Specifications
- Format
- 56×41.5mm on 120 (15 exposures) or 220 (30 exposures) via interchangeable roll film holders; 35mm (24×36 and 13×36 panoramic) and Polaroid 100/600-series pack film via their own holders · 15 on 120 (HA401 holder); 30 on 220 (HB401) exposures
- Finder
- interchangeable: Waist Level Finder N (self-erecting hood, magnifier, sports finder), Prism Finder PF401/FP401 (unmetered), AE Prism Finder N (angular, Super era), AE Prism Finder FE401 (three TTL modes, centre-weighted switching to spot, ±3 EV), AE Finder FK402 (Keplerian, non-prism, aperture priority, diopter +5 to -5) · 94% coverage
- Shutter
- electronically timed, horizontally travelling cloth focal-plane shutter; on the Super one mechanical speed of 1/60 for use without a battery · 4s–1/1000, B; 8s–1/1000 in auto with the AE Prism Finder FE401 · flash sync 1/60 and slower; X terminal and hot shoe · no self-timer
- Film advance
- single-turn Film Advance Crank AC401, six start positions; interchangeable with the Power Drive Grip WG401 (6 × AA, continuous, multiple-exposure switch, cocks leaf-shutter lenses) or the lighter WG402 (one 6V lithium, single frames, Pro and Pro TL only)
- Back
- interchangeable roll film holders with dark slide: 120 Roll Film Holder HA401, 220 Roll Film Holder HB401, 135 Roll Film Holder HC401 (24×36 and 13×36 panoramic adapter), Polaroid Land Pack Film Holder HP401; the counter switches for 120 and 220 automatically
- Meter
- none in the body; TTL metering only through the AE Prism Finder N, AE Prism Finder FE401 or AE Finder FK402, which read the film-speed dial on the holder through electrical contacts
- Motor drive
- Power Drive Grip WG401, Power Drive Grip WG402 — The grips replace the advance crank. WG401 advances a fresh roll to frame 1 by itself and takes six AA cells; WG402 is the simplified single-frame version on one 6V lithium cell, listed for the Pro and Pro TL only (camera-wiki; Pro TL manual)
- Weight
- 970 g
- Dimensions
- 124 × 103 × 124 (W × H × D), Pro TL body with 120 Roll Film Holder HA401, no lens or finder, 970 g, from the Pro TL manual; the Pro manual gives 124 × 102.5 × 124 and 980 g for the same combination; camera-wiki gives 895 g for the Super with 120 back mm
- Country
- Japan
- Accessories
- Roll film holders HA401 (120), HB401 (220), HC401 (135, with panoramic adapter), Polaroid Land Pack Film Holder HP401 · Waist Level Finder N; Prism Finder PF401 (FP401 in the Pro manual); AE Prism Finder N; AE Prism Finder FE401; AE Finder FK402 · Power Drive Grip WG401 (Power Drive II) and WG402; Film Advance Crank AC401; Left Hand Grip GL401 · Six focusing screens; Auto Bellows and Auto Extension Rings; Infrared Remote Control; External Battery Case for cold; Magnifier N; angle finder · Leaf-shutter Mamiya-Sekor lenses (the body sets 1/8 automatically when one is fitted); 300mm f/2.8 APO
Interchangeable focusing screens: the Rangefinder Spot/Microprism with Fresnel as standard, six types in all; the Pro TL manual names the Type E split-image / microprism screen as its standard. Finders for the M645 Super fit the Pro and Pro TL (Pro manual).
Where sources disagree
- First
- 1992 (April) — camera-wiki; Japanese Wikipedia's Mamiya product list
- 1993 — English Wikipedia's product list; Emulsive
Better supported: 1992
- First
- June 1997 — camera-wiki
- July 1997 — Japanese Wikipedia's Mamiya product list
- 1995 — Emulsive (Kikie Wilkins)
Better supported: 1997
The month is the only real disagreement between the reference sources; Emulsive's 1995 is not supported elsewhere.
- Last
- 1993 — English Wikipedia and the Commons description of the Super
- Not stated — camera-wiki gives only the December 1985 launch
Better supported: 1993
What reviewers say
- Kikie Wilkins, Emulsive (blog) — A 645 Pro is a good compromise: compact for medium format, backs that swap mid-roll, cheap lenses and 15 frames a roll; against it the plastic shell, a winder that eats six AA cells and is loud, a shutter that will not fire without its 6V cell, and a plastic mirror stop that breaks and is hard to replace. Check the mirror stop before buying.
- Matt Osborne, MrLeica.com (blog) — The best-value 645 film camera for a portrait shooter: modular, light, works at 1/60 with no battery, and the 80mm f/1.9 is the reason to own one; the landscape-shaped frame is awkward with the waist-level finder.
- James Madison, Fstoppers (blog) — After a year of backpacking with a Pro TL: light enough to carry, aperture priority with the AE prism, a long lens list at $80–200 for the common focal lengths, and a body with AE prism at $400–500; the plastic skin and the smaller-than-6×7 negative are the complaints.
History
The 645 Super of December 1985 is the second Mamiya 645, and the change that defines it is the back. The M645 of 1975 and its 1000S and J derivatives loaded film through an insert into a chamber that was part of the body; the Super takes a roll film holder with a dark slide, so a 120 holder can come off mid-roll and a 220, 35mm or Polaroid holder go on in its place. The lens mount did not change. Camera-wiki notes that it is the same bayonet as the 1975 bodies and that film inserts are interchangeable between the generations, so a Super, Pro or Pro TL takes every C, N and leaf-shutter Mamiya-Sekor made for the 645, from the 24mm fisheye to the 500mm. The body is a polycarbonate shell over a diecast frame, which is the origin of every “plastic” remark in the reviews and of the Emulsive reader’s discovery that there is aluminium underneath. The Super went out with the Waist Level Finder N or the angular AE Prism Finder N, and with the Power Drive Grip WG401 as the option that made it handle, in Emulsive’s phrase, like a 35mm camera.
Three things separate the three bodies. The Super has a shutter-speed dial with a red 60 that fires at 1/60 with the battery out, and no self-timer. The 645 Pro of April 1992 (camera-wiki; English Wikipedia’s list says 1993) rounded the shell, added an electronic self-timer with a front lamp that lights for eight seconds and blinks for two, a time-exposure circuit that switches the battery off, and LED warnings through the AE Prism Finder FE401 when the dark slide is still in or the film has not taken up. It also dropped the mechanical speed, so a Pro with a flat 6V cell does not fire at any setting. The 645 Pro TL of 1997 (June by camera-wiki, July by the Japanese Wikipedia product list) is a Pro with through-the-lens, off-the-film flash metering: a photoreceptor in the body reads light reflected from the film during the exposure and quenches a dedicated Metz Mecablitz through the SCA 396 module, which also forces the camera to 1/60 whatever the dial says. The six-pin coupling connector on the body side, supplied with a cap, is the only thing to look for from the outside.
The rest is shared. The shutter is a moving-coil, electronically controlled cloth focal-plane unit running 4s to 1/1000 and B, or 8s to 1/1000 in aperture-priority auto with the FE401 fitted; X sync is 1/60 and slower through a terminal and a hot shoe; the mirror is instant-return with lock-up; the finder shows 94 per cent of the frame on one of six screens. The 120 holder gives 15 frames of 56×41.5mm and the 220 holder 30, the counter switching automatically. Film advance is a single turn of the crank AC401, or the WG401 grip on six AA cells, or on the Pro and Pro TL the lighter single-frame WG402 on one lithium cell. The Pro TL manual gives 124 × 103 × 124 mm and 970 g for body with 120 holder and 1,805 g with the FE401, the WG401 and the 80mm f/2.8 N; the Pro manual gives 980 g for the same body-and-holder combination, and camera-wiki 895 g for the Super. Fitting a leaf-shutter Mamiya-Sekor sets the focal-plane shutter to 1/8 automatically and moves flash sync up to the lens.
What to check follows from the electronics. Everything but the Super’s 1/60 depends on one 6V cell (4SR44, 4LR44 or 2CR1/3), so a body that does nothing is more often a dead cell or dirty contacts than a dead camera, and the battery-check lamp on the top plate is the first test. Emulsive’s Kikie Wilkins reports the plastic mirror stop as the part that breaks and is hard to replace; a Super whose screen image at infinity looks soft while the negatives are sharp is the symptom one reader traced to it. The AE finders and the holders talk to the body through gold-plated contacts, and the holder’s film-speed dial feeds the FE401, so a wrong ISO on the back means a wrong exposure through the prism. The date is on the serial: Mamiya Repair records a two-letter prefix, year then month, with the year letters repeating each decade, so the model name decides whether an F… body is 1986 or 1996. The 645E of 2000 (1998 by the Japanese list) sits beside the Pro TL in the catalogue with a fixed metering prism and a fixed film chamber taking inserts; it is a cheaper relative, not a fourth version, and its listings are filtered out here.
Nothing about price or numbers built could be sourced. No yen or dollar list price appears on the camera-wiki page, in either Wikipedia, or in the manuals, and no production figure has been published for any of the three bodies; camera-wiki alone records a small run of Pro TL bodies in several colours in 2008, two years after the ordinary production is generally said to have ended. The autofocus 645 AF replaced the line as Mamiya’s current 645 from late 1999, which is why a Pro TL and a 645 AF overlap in the used market by several years.
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.
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