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The Plaubel Makina W67 (1984) is a folding medium-format 6×7cm rangefinder camera fitted with a fixed Nikkor 55mm f/4.5 wide-angle lens. It is a wide-angle companion to the Plaubel Makina 67 (which carries an 80mm standard lens) and shares the same folding-bellows mechanical platform and Copal leaf shutter design.
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About this camera
A wide-angle folding 6×7 rangefinder of remarkable compactness — the Makina W67 paired a Nikkor 55mm f/4.5 Super-Angulon with 6×7 medium format in a body that collapsed to shirt-pocket depth.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 120 / 220, 6×7cm (10 exp / 120) |
| Mount | Fixed |
| Lens | Nikkor 55mm f/4.5 |
| Effective FL (35mm equiv) | ~30mm |
| Years | 1984–1990 |
| Shutter | Copal-0 leaf: 1s – 1/500s + B |
| Flash sync | All speeds (leaf shutter) |
| Meter | CdS, aperture-priority AE |
| Exposure modes | Aperture-priority, Manual |
| Film speed | ISO 25–3200 |
| Focus | Coupled rangefinder |
| Battery | 2× AA (no mechanical fallback) |
The original Plaubel Makina brand dates from Frankfurt, Germany, where Plaubel & Co. produced folding cameras from the early twentieth century. The postwar West German company eventually sold the Makina name to the Japanese camera distributor Doi (later absorbed into Japanese operations), who commissioned a revived Makina line from Mamiya Camera Co. in the late 1970s.
The Makina 67 — with an 80mm Nikkor lens — was introduced in 1978 and proved highly successful among professional photographers who wanted a compact, high-quality 6×7 folding camera without the bulk of the Mamiya RZ67 or Pentax 6×7 SLR systems. The W67 followed in 1984 to address demand for a wide-angle variant, using a shorter-register Nikkor 55mm optic suited to the bellows design.
Both the 67 and W67 were manufactured until approximately 1989–1990, when Doi restructured and the Makina line was discontinued. They remain among the most sought-after folding medium-format cameras on the secondary market.
The Plaubel Makina W67 is a camera that solves a specific problem elegantly: how to carry 6×7 wide-angle capability in a pocket-friendly package. No other camera of its era offers the combination of 55mm (super-wide on 6×7) optics, 6×7 format, folding bellows compactness, and rangefinder focusing precision. The Nikkor 55/4.5 is a sharp, well-corrected lens with excellent edge performance — comparable to the best 4×5 wide-angle lenses in coverage quality.
For architectural, travel, and landscape photographers who shoot 120 film, the W67 remains a uniquely compelling tool.
Fixed lens — no interchangeable optics. The Nikkor 55mm f/4.5 is the only option.
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