Paulo J Moreira
Fujica V2
This Fuji rangefinder shares its name with a famous German guided bomb and it fits it like a glove, this camera is a bomb. I confess I had seen it on the internet, but it wasn’t until I hold one in my hands that I got hooked.
The V2 is a magnificent built and engineered camera, very German in its approach, hence the justifiably V2 name! Fit, finish, everything is high grade, very Voigtlander. The camera is large and terribly heavy, yet it isn’t cumbersome or uncomfortable to hold. In terms of features, it is hard to believe that it was launched in 1965. It has a large, clear viewfinder with speeds and apertures. The rangefinder base is also large. You get projected viewfinder frame and automatic parallax correction. In manual mode there is no metering, but you don’t have to remove your eye from the viewfinder because the selected shutter speeds and aperture continue to be displayed, very neat. The meter is by means of a CDS cell and is shutter priority with memory lock, yes, memory lock.
Focus is by means of a thumb wheel on the right side, like the Vitessa, it has a very short stroke. There is no rewind crank where you would expect one, instead, as you can see from the picture, It is located on the left of the camera, so that the viewfinder could be positioned at the extreme left. This solution is much more elegant than Leica’s tilted rewind lever.
The lens is a super sharp Fujinon 45/1,8 that focus from 90 cm. I wish I could convey all the little quality touches that this camera has, the lovely engravings, the serial number on the cold shoe, the superb leather case. The only thing out of place is the plastic lens cap
Fujica V2
This Fuji rangefinder shares its name with a famous German guided bomb and it fits it like a glove, this camera is a bomb. I confess I had seen it on the internet, but it wasn’t until I hold one in my hands that I got hooked.
The V2 is a magnificent built and engineered camera, very German in its approach, hence the justifiably V2 name! Fit, finish, everything is high grade, very Voigtlander. The camera is large and terribly heavy, yet it isn’t cumbersome or uncomfortable to hold. In terms of features, it is hard to believe that it was launched in 1965. It has a large, clear viewfinder with speeds and apertures. The rangefinder base is also large. You get projected viewfinder frame and automatic parallax correction. In manual mode there is no metering, but you don’t have to remove your eye from the viewfinder because the selected shutter speeds and aperture continue to be displayed, very neat. The meter is by means of a CDS cell and is shutter priority with memory lock, yes, memory lock.
Focus is by means of a thumb wheel on the right side, like the Vitessa, it has a very short stroke. There is no rewind crank where you would expect one, instead, as you can see from the picture, It is located on the left of the camera, so that the viewfinder could be positioned at the extreme left. This solution is much more elegant than Leica’s tilted rewind lever.
The lens is a super sharp Fujinon 45/1,8 that focus from 90 cm. I wish I could convey all the little quality touches that this camera has, the lovely engravings, the serial number on the cold shoe, the superb leather case. The only thing out of place is the plastic lens cap