small and medium
The Fuji GW670III is on loan from my camera dealer cousin. It's a 6x7 mechanical and meterless rangefinder. The Fujinon lenses are notriously sharp and I'm a fan of the 6x7 aspect ratio, so I was eager to give it a go. I knew that the Fuji RF's were big but I was not prepared for the size of this monstrosoty. They don't call it the Texas Leica for nothing. Here it is next to my regular workhorse M6 TTL for a sense of scale. In all fairness Fuji did make this same body/chassis/lens combo in cameras that covered 6x8 and 6x9, so the size is somewhat justified in those cases. This is more of a landscape camera and not very condusive to the kind of shooting I like to do. Though I like the idea of a 90mm being a standard lens on 6x7 as I think the 80mm on the Mamiya 7 is a little wide (this is closer to 45mm and the Mamiya closer to 39mm). The shutter is a loud metallic clang, it's not a graceful rangefinder like my Mamiya 6 or Leica M. Also the rf patch is not very contrasty, a bit of a dissapointment for the third generation Fuji rf. In any event it will be fun to run a few rolls through it.
small and medium
The Fuji GW670III is on loan from my camera dealer cousin. It's a 6x7 mechanical and meterless rangefinder. The Fujinon lenses are notriously sharp and I'm a fan of the 6x7 aspect ratio, so I was eager to give it a go. I knew that the Fuji RF's were big but I was not prepared for the size of this monstrosoty. They don't call it the Texas Leica for nothing. Here it is next to my regular workhorse M6 TTL for a sense of scale. In all fairness Fuji did make this same body/chassis/lens combo in cameras that covered 6x8 and 6x9, so the size is somewhat justified in those cases. This is more of a landscape camera and not very condusive to the kind of shooting I like to do. Though I like the idea of a 90mm being a standard lens on 6x7 as I think the 80mm on the Mamiya 7 is a little wide (this is closer to 45mm and the Mamiya closer to 39mm). The shutter is a loud metallic clang, it's not a graceful rangefinder like my Mamiya 6 or Leica M. Also the rf patch is not very contrasty, a bit of a dissapointment for the third generation Fuji rf. In any event it will be fun to run a few rolls through it.