Plaubel Makina

Plaubel Makina I - III

The Plaubel Makina was a series of medium format press cameras. The original Makina was manufactured by Plaubel & Co. in Germany from 1912 through 1953. Plaubel was later sold to Doi Group, which designed new Makina cameras that sold from 1978 through the 1980s.

All Makina models had leaf shutters and rangefinder focusing with collapsible bellows.

German-made Plaubel Makina models included the 1, 2, 2s, 3, and 3R.

Plaubel Makina 67, W67 & 670

The Japanese-made Plaubel Makina was a major redesign with Nikkor lenses and integrated metering. It was manufactured first by Copal and later by Mamiya. Models 67 and 670 have Nikkor 80mm f/2.8 lenses. The "67" series models take ten 6×7cm exposures on 120 rollfilm, the 670 model also accepted 220 rollfilm (20 exposures per roll).

The Plaubel Makina W67 was a camera in the Plaubel Makina range. It was produced in Japan in the mid-1980s. It was a 6x7cm format folding rangefinder camera similar to the 670 model, but with a wide-angle Nikkor 50mm lens (roughly equivalent to a 28mm lens in 35mm format). The lens was considered one of the sharpest and most flare-free of any produced during the analog photography era. The W67 made 10 exposures per roll of 120 film.

Plaubel Makina Proshift 69W

The 69W Proshift had a 47mm Schneider Super Angulon and made eight 6×9cm exposures per roll of 120 film. The lens was mounted on a sliding flange which allowed for perspective control similar to what is accomplished with the front-shift lens of a view camera.

External links

• Plaubel GmbH - Service and repair of Makina cameras German
• The modern Plaubel Makina, at nyclondon.com
• The modern Plaubel Makina, at nikomat.org
• The classic Plaubel Makina
• Plaubel Makina II Camera & History