We are pleased to announce that we are now opening up sales of this amazing film directly in our webstore. All four stocks currently manufactured by Kodak are available while supplies last, including a discounted 4-film sampler pack!

Using our special spools, you can shoot 65mm film in nearly any film back that accepts 70mm film. This includes Mercury, large format, Hasselblad, Mamiya, Pentax, Bronica, and many more camera systems.

Note that some backs require an “all-perf” mod. For details on compatibility, instructions for modding backs, and a general exploration of all things 65mm (and 70mm), see our dedicated site: www.shoot65mm.com

As an authorized Cinestill distributor, we also now have home developing chemicals for sale, so you can bundle those with the film. We also make a full line of accessories for bulk loading, adding leader, home processing, and negative scanning.

And though we sold most of our 65/70mm backs during our initial campaign, we still have a few available for you: four large format panoramic/stereo backs, four medium format 65mm-ready Mamiya RB/RZ/Press 6×7 backs, one 6×9 version, and our large format cut film holders. Get them before they’re gone!

Shop here: https://mercuryworks.store/collections/film

For more details on compatibility, the different film stocks, modding backs, and an FAQ, see our 65mm site.

Update: The camera system, including the Mercury stereo viewer, is now available on Kickstarter!

The Stereo 12 is the result of five years of engineering and testing, designed to bring 3D shooting to high end photography, and a professional, highly versatile camera to 3D shooters. It has benefitted from the past eight years of development and worldwide customer feedback on the Mercury Universal Camera System.

The Stereo 12’s native format is 6×6, like the classic Hasselblad V system. However, it shoots two frames side by side, from slightly different perspectives, matching the distance of the human eyes.

The Mercury Stereo 12 uses an electronic actuation system to precisely sync, to the millisecond, its two shutters, yet maintain compatibility with a wide array of existing shutters and lenses. The Stereo 12 system includes different electronic lensboards for popular leaf shutters, readily available from medium format and large format camera systems. It is compatible with hundreds of lenses. Some notable ones include the Mamiya TLR line of lenses (and shutters), the legendary Super Angulon 47mm, Rodenstock lenses including the classic Grandagon 65mm f/4.5 and Heligon 80mm f/2.8 and current high-end HR Digiron-W 70mm f/5.6, most APO-Digitar lenses, and countless more in-between, from all eras of photography.

The Mercury Stereo 12 features removable backs and is compatible with all Graflok/International 45 standard backs, as well as 4×5 sheet film holders. Compatible Graflok 45 backs include the Horseman 6×12 120 back, the DaYi 6×12 120 back, 3D printable 120 backs, the Grafmatic 45, 4×5 sheet film holders, and full frame instant backs.

In addition, Mercury Works is developing a batch of re-engineered 70mm backs, exclusive to this Kickstarter, capable of shooting the 70mm panorama format needed for the Stereo 12. This follows Mercury Works’ 70mm initiative, launched earlier this year, which includes a pledge to release new film stocks in 70mm (see www.shoot70mm.com). Mercury Works has also developed a 135 extreme pano back to shoot 35mm film in a panoramic orientation with the Stereo 12.

The Stereo 12 is thus currently compatible with 120 roll film, 70mm film, 135 film, 4×5 sheet film, and 4×5 instant film. It is also compatible with medium format digital backs, but not for instantaneous capture of moving subjects.

The Mercury Stereo 12 also features a Ground Glass back system that is particularly useful to stereo photographers as it allows both the left and right views to be independently previewed for precise framing, edge evaluation, and evaluation of stereoscopic deviation at various depth planes. This enables the stereographer to precisely compose in 3D. There are multiple ground glass backs available for different budgets, including a complete rail-mount system with various accessories such as a sliding magnifying viewer.

As a fully modular system, the Stereo 12 can be configured to any need and any budget. It is the most versatile and feature-packed stereo camera ever released. Its modularity also enables many ergonomic benefits, such as a quick-removable left-hand grip, quick-release camera straps, four cold shoe mounts, a built-in Arca-Swiss style QR foot (with an additional standard tripod mount), and much more. We have been refining our cameras since 2015 for a worldwide clientele, and that design experience and feedback has been poured into this camera.

As an additional bonus, unlike most stereo cameras, the Mercury Stereo 12 can shoot mono (flat) images as well as stereoscopic ones, on a shot-by-shot basis. When shooting mono, you will use half as much film.

Mercury Works launched in 2015 and pioneered the use of 3D printing to create modular camera systems. The Mercury Universal Camera system is the most extensive camera system in the history of photography, with over 500 modules, thousands of possible configurations, and compatibility with many hundreds of lenses. The Stereo 12 builds on that tradition with the most advanced stereo camera system in history.

The Mercury Stereo 12 Kickstarter will launch on June 26. The crowdfunding campaign will feature the basic camera system for approximately $500 (not including lenses or film back), with a discounted version available for makers who are comfortable 3D printing the camera’s non-electronic accessories, and deluxe kits available that include Mercury Works’ stereoscopes for high-end viewing of stereo images as both slides and digital, our exclusive 70mm back, and much more.

As a fully manual film camera that embraces stereography, the Mercury Stereo 12 champions photographic history, while as a fully modular, reconfigurable, professional camera, it leads the way into the future of stereography.

Back the Kickstarter campaign here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/294564710/mercury-stereo-12-medium-format-stereoscopic-camera?ref=ufzvls

This will upgrade nearly every camera with a beefy, durable, removable grip to significantly improve your hand-holding the camera. It’s also a huge aesthetic upgrade!

All complete cameras from now on will include a grip. Prices for camera bundles have been raised slightly as a result. There are a few exceptions where a camera doesn’t include a handle, or rare configurations that are incompatible with grips; no grip will be included in these cases.

Grips are now available to purchase for most existing Mercury cameras as well, so it is available as an immediate upgrade for your Mercury!

For a complete explanation of the system, including the different models available and compatibility, go to the new Accessories page: Mercury Grip System. You can also order directly from there.

As of today, Mamiya Press lenses in their native mounts are fully compatible with the Mercury system.  In addition, Mamiya Press back adapters and backs can be incorporated in Mercury configs.  This dual launch represents a long-sought goal for Mercury: to incorporate all Mamiya Press lenses and backs.  Until Mercury, the Mamiya Press Universal was the closest thing the camera world had seen to a portable, universal medium format camera.  Like Mercury, the Mamiya Universal Press incorporated its own helical focusing units and removable back adapters.  Now all of these can be used with Mercury, in combination with any other Mercury components and compatible items.

The Mercury M-Press adapter acts as the lens stack for any Mercury config at RS0 or RS20.  It accepts any Mamiya Press lens.  (Note: While these lenses were already compatible with Mercury, the previous solution involved dismounting the lenses from their helical mounts and remounting them to Mercury shutter plates.  This new option allows the entire Mamiya Press lens to mount natively.)  The M-Press adapter can be configured for RS0 or RS20 film planes, allowing it to work with both medium format and large format Mercury configs.  You can finally shoot your Press lenses on larger formats, including 4×5, 6×12, and Instax!  The standard M-Press adapter comes with the RS0 spacing option.  For RS20, you need the optional FS5 spacer.

The Mercury MUP Integrated Body acts like a Mamiya Universal Press on the back and a standard Mercury on the front.  The back accepts the MUP M back adapter (to mount classic Press S-Curve roll film backs), the MUP G back adapter (to mount Graflok 23 backs), and the Mamiya Polaroid Back (to shoot 100 series peel-apart instant film).  The Mercury MUP Integrated Body places the film plane at the Mercury RS0 standard, so your Mamiya Press back can be used with any lens compatible with the Mercury system!  This allows you to use your beloved Press backs with a massive range of exotic lenses.  It also enables the lightest and most compact Mercury config for 100 Packfilm.

This may be a little crazy, but if you want a complete replacement for a Mamiya Press camera that is infinitely more configurable, and also lighter, more compact, and cheaper, now you can do it!  This configuration is less than 1/3 of the weight of the original MUP.

Both the M-Press Adapter and MUP Integrated Body are available now.  Contact Mercury Works for current pricing.