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== The NC Series ==
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NC Series from [[Mamiya]] is part of their long discontinued series of 35mm SLRs. This series had two cameras in it: '''NC 1000''' and '''NC 1000S'''. They had a bayonet mount (CS mount) that was different from other Mamiya bayonet mountings. Lenses for this series are still available and can be found on Ebay at regular intervals.
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NC Series from [[Mamiya]] is part of their long discontinued series of 35mm SLRs. This series had two cameras in it: '''NC 1000''' and '''NC 1000S'''. They are nearly identical with minor differences such as film memo reminder and minor updated shutter. They had a bayonet mount (CS mount) that was different from other Mamiya bayonet mountings. Lenses for this series are still available and can be found on Ebay at regular intervals.  There is a NC-P mount adapter that allows of Pentax thread mount lenses.  Metering is then through stop-down metering.  
  
 
There was a name variant of the NC 1000, sold by [[Sears]] and called the '''Auto CS 1000MXB''' in black and '''Auto CS 1000MX''' in chrome.
 
There was a name variant of the NC 1000, sold by [[Sears]] and called the '''Auto CS 1000MXB''' in black and '''Auto CS 1000MX''' in chrome.
  
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It has a rubberized silk [[focal plane shutter]] with speeds from 1s to 1/1000 with B. Flash sync the ability to use a [[hot shoe]], FP and X terminals at 1/60 a sec. for electronic flash. The [[self-timer]] is electronic with a adjustable delay of 4 to 9 sec.
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The film transport uses a film advance lever and a rewind crank. It features an open aperture metering system. The meter is switched on by pulling away slightly from the camera body. The viewfinder has a needle based meter display on the left with an aperture scale. The meter has a range of 2 to 18 EV at (ASA 100), settable to film speeds from 25 to 3200 ASA.
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Focusing is done manually, with a diagonal split-image spot and micro-prism collar on the focusing screen. The camera uses two 1.5v SR44 batteries. A battery check feature is available with the LED indicator on the left shoulder of the camera body.
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== Links ==
 
== Links ==
* [http://mamiya35collectors.com/NC1000.htm Mamiya NC1000 and 1000S], at [http://mamiya35collectors.com/index.htm Ron Herron's "Collecting Mamiya 35mm Cameras"]
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* [http://www.herron.50megs.com/NC1000.htm Mamiya NC1000 and 1000S], at [https://web.archive.org/web/20170711091708/http://herron.50megs.com/index.html Ron Herron's "Collecting Mamiya 35mm Cameras"] (archived - main page is blank, noted in 2020.  Must use direct links to internal pages.)
* [http://people.freenet.de/stauber/mamiya-nc/index.htm Roland Stauber's comprehensive Mamiya NC1000 site]
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* [http://mamiya-nc-m42.mflenses.com/ Roland Stauber's comprehensive Mamiya NC1000 site].
* [http://eddy.uni-duisburg.de/joerg/allerlei/mamiya/mamiya.html Jeorg Krueger's "Mamiya 35mm SLR Homepage"]
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20090226102315/http://eddy.uni-duisburg.de/joerg/allerlei/mamiya/mamiya.html Joerg Krueger's "Mamiya 35mm SLR Homepage"] archive.org Wayback Machine archive
* [http://www.collection-appareils.com/mamiya/html/mamiya_nc1000.php NC 1000] at www.collection-appareils.com
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* [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/mamiya/mamiya_nc1000/mamiya_nc1000.htm Mamiya NC1000 and 1000s instruction manual, color PDF, including NC-P adapter instructions] from [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ www.OrphanCameras.com]
* [http://www.thecamerasite.net/01_SLR_Cameras/Pages/mamiya%20NC.htm Mamiya NC1000S] at [http://www.thecamerasite.net The Camera Site] by Reijo Lauro
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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/x/html/page_standard.php?id_appareil=11453 NC 1000s] on [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/francais.php www.collection-appareils.fr] by Sylvain Halgand (in French)
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* [http://thecamerasite.lauro.fi/01_SLR_Cameras/Pages/mamiya%20NC.htm Mamiya NC1000S] at [http://thecamerasite.lauro.fi/01_SLR_Cameras/Pages/mamiya%20NC.htm The Camera Site] by Reijo Lauro
  
 
[[Category: Japanese 35mm SLR]]
 
[[Category: Japanese 35mm SLR]]
 
[[Category: Mamiya CS mount]]
 
[[Category: Mamiya CS mount]]
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[[Category: Mamiya|NC series]]
 
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[[Category: N|Nc 1000]]
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[[Category: N|Nc 1000 Mamiya]]

Latest revision as of 07:13, 17 February 2022

NC Series from Mamiya is part of their long discontinued series of 35mm SLRs. This series had two cameras in it: NC 1000 and NC 1000S. They are nearly identical with minor differences such as film memo reminder and minor updated shutter. They had a bayonet mount (CS mount) that was different from other Mamiya bayonet mountings. Lenses for this series are still available and can be found on Ebay at regular intervals. There is a NC-P mount adapter that allows of Pentax thread mount lenses. Metering is then through stop-down metering.

There was a name variant of the NC 1000, sold by Sears and called the Auto CS 1000MXB in black and Auto CS 1000MX in chrome.

It has a rubberized silk focal plane shutter with speeds from 1s to 1/1000 with B. Flash sync the ability to use a hot shoe, FP and X terminals at 1/60 a sec. for electronic flash. The self-timer is electronic with a adjustable delay of 4 to 9 sec.

The film transport uses a film advance lever and a rewind crank. It features an open aperture metering system. The meter is switched on by pulling away slightly from the camera body. The viewfinder has a needle based meter display on the left with an aperture scale. The meter has a range of 2 to 18 EV at (ASA 100), settable to film speeds from 25 to 3200 ASA.

Focusing is done manually, with a diagonal split-image spot and micro-prism collar on the focusing screen. The camera uses two 1.5v SR44 batteries. A battery check feature is available with the LED indicator on the left shoulder of the camera body.


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