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The Mamiya Six II is a folding 6x6 medium-format rangefinder camera introduced around 1947, representing Mamiya's first significant update to its founding product after the disruption of World War II. Produced at Mamiya's Setagaya facility, the Six II uses 120 roll film for 12 exposures at 6x6 cm and retains the self-erecting bellows design and coupled rangefinder of the original. The lens is typically an Olympus Zuiko or a Lausar optic mounted in a leaf shutter. The II designation reflects incremental refinements in build quality and finder mechanics rather than a fundamental redesign.
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About this camera
First postwar refinement of the original Mamiya Six folding 6x6, with improved construction.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 120, 6x6 cm (12 frames) |
| Mount | Fixed lens |
| Years | ~1947 – ~1949 |
| Lens | ~75/3.5 Zuiko or Lausar |
| Shutter | 1s - 1/200s + B, leaf |
| Flash sync | ~PC sync on some units |
| Meter | None |
| Modes | Manual |
| Weight | ~700 g |
| Battery | None |
When Mamiya resumed civilian camera production after 1945, the original Six design was updated and re-released as the Six II. The postwar Japanese optical industry was reorganizing rapidly: Olympus Zuiko lenses remained available from Takachiho Optical, and Mamiya continued to source these for the Six line alongside its own Lausar optics. The Six II sits between the original prewar design and the more refined Six III that followed around 1949.
Documentation for early Mamiya variants is inconsistent in both Japanese and Western sources, and the precise designation boundaries between the Six, Six II, Six III, and Six IV are difficult to establish from surviving literature. The Six II is sometimes conflated with late production runs of the original Six or early Six III units.
The Six II is primarily of historical interest as evidence of Mamiya's continuity through the transition from wartime to postwar production. It demonstrates that the original Six formula - self-erecting bellows, prismatic coupled rangefinder, 6x6 format on 120 - was sound enough to be carried forward with only minor changes. For collectors tracing the Mamiya Six lineage, the II fills the gap between the founding prewar design and the more documented Six III and Six IV.
Optically, Zuiko and Lausar lenses of this period are competent but modest performers by modern standards. The cameras are not prized for technical superiority but as artifacts of early postwar Japanese camera manufacturing.
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