Mamiya was a long-standing name in the Japanese camera industry but, despite many attempts, it never really had success with its 35mm cameras. However, in the medium-format roll-film camera market, Mamiya has long been a name to reckon with, as it produced some of the finest 6x6 TLR (twin lens reflex) cameras ever made.
Mamiya started in 1940 with the formation of Mamiya Koki Seisakusho, by camera designer Seichi Mamiya, and the introduction of the Mamiya Six, a 6x6 folder with an unusual focusing mechanism that moved the film plane rather than the lens.
