New Fuji/Voigtlander Folder News and Pictures

[5:00 PM]

Via TOP: http://www.1854.eu/2009/02/fujifilms...um_format.html

[Rprice]

Oh WOW! now that looks like it will be a great camera to use. I just may have to go deeper in debt.

[Leigh Youdale]

I'm going to have a hard time not getting one of these. Time to start thinking about a general clearing out of the cupboard to make way (and money) for a new arrival.

[MichaelHarris]

That's going to be hard to pass up, Steven put one on hold for me

[planetjoe]

Seriously; I haven't had desire like this for a new camera...ever. I hope it's significantly less than one mortgage payment.

Thanks for the link.


Cheers,
--joe.

[5:00 PM]

Yeah...I'm just getting into MF with cheap (Rapid Omega) gear and now THIS comes along. Just tell me when I can have it and where to send the check.

[jbf]

Wait what?

The GF670 has an automatic lens shutter, and an SPD sensor with both automatic and manual autofocus.

Is this just a typo or what? No way that lens could be autofocus? Maybe they mean auto aperture.

[dcsang]

That could be a typo. Nothing about that lens suggests AF. I don't know how even AE would work on a folder given that the lens is where the shutter "is housed" no?

Interesting looking camera - I note the option for 6x6 as well as 6x7 is available - that's cool

How credible is BJP though? That's what I'm curious about

Cheers,
Dave

[Ernst Dinkla]

Originally Posted by jbf

Wait what?




Is this just a typo or what? No way that lens could be autofocus? Maybe they mean auto aperture.

It may be a new web page but they repeat old mistakes.

Ernst Dinkla

[Doug]

Dave, AE is quite believable, as the lens-shutter can be electronically timed and recocked as with the Bronica RF645. Might even feature the same little post-exposure buzz-wheeze... I agree "autofocus" must be a typo for "exposure".

[dcsang]

Ya Doug you're correct but I was just wondering how those electronics would work given that the lens collapses into the body - I don't recall but the Bronica RF645 wasn't a collapsible was it?

Curious,
Dave

[Doug]

Originally Posted by dcsang

I don't recall but the Bronica RF645 wasn't a collapsible was it?

Nope, not a folder like this one, but both have the shutter speed dial on top of the body (with an A setting), not on the lens...

[Ernst Dinkla]

To give some harder facts as published already in other threads on the subject.

The specs + some (German site) picture measurements by me (ED), give or take 1 mm.

Technical specifications.

Folding camera with coupled rangefinder
Film choice 120/220 film
6x7 cm (56x68 mm ED)(120-10 exp. / 220-20 exp.)
6x6 cm (56x56 mm ED)(120-12 exp. / 220-24 exp.)
Switch for frame sizes inside the body (ED)
80 mm/f3.5 (4 groups 6 elements)
7 rounded aperture blades (ED)
Close focus is 0.9 m, 3' (CK)
Bright frame-type viewfinder.
Physical rangefinder base 37 mm (ED)
Automatic parallax compensation
Integral LED exposure metering indications
Electronically controlled lens shutter. 4-1/500 sec, B
Exposure control: SPD Sensor
Center-weighted averaging system
Aperture priority AE and manual switchover
Exposure compensation approx 2EV in 1/3EV steps
Film speed: Manual setting, ISO25-3200 (1/3EV step accuracy)
Manual film wind by winding knob
Mechanical-type counter
120/220 (changeable)
6x7/6x6 (changeable)
CR2 (3v) lithium battery
Outer dimensions: 178x109x63 mm folded (ED)
and 178x109x138 mm unfolded (BJoPh)
Weight 1KG (BJoPh)

Ernst Dinkla

[Dave Wilkinson]

Originally Posted by planetjoe

Seriously; I haven't had desire like this for a new camera...ever. I hope it's significantly less than one mortgage payment.



Cheers,
--joe.

I wonder how much the ' wooden version' will cost?

[chippy]

Originally Posted by planetjoe

Seriously; I haven't had desire like this for a new camera...ever. I hope it's significantly less than one mortgage payment.

Thanks for the link.


Cheers,
--joe.

with the latest rumourd price at $2400 i am glad i dont have your mortgage payments

[Kevin]

I hope the meter still works in manual (non-A) mode. Even though it's not 6x9, I just might sell my Bessa II with the APO-Lanthar to pay for this.

[morgan]

$2400??? I really want one of these, but that seems pretty steep to me.

[Andrew Sowerby]

$2400 is out of my price range as well, but it may come down a bit in time.

[John Lawrence]

I'd certainly like one, but not at the price given in the previous postings!

[CK Dexter Haven]

Originally Posted by Ernst Dinkla

To give some harder facts as published already in other threads on the subject.

The specs + some (German site) picture measurements by me (ED), give or take 1 mm.

Technical specifications.

...and close focus is .9m.

[photogdave]

Considering how expensive Fuji GA645 and GW670 used to be, doesn't seem that out of whack.

[dcsang]

Originally Posted by Double Negative

For $2,400 - I'll keep my Mamiya 7II, thanks.

Ya.. good point.. I was about to say that for a little more than $300 CDN (which basically doesn't even cover the exchange rate) I could get a brand new Mamiya 7 II kit or a, hehehehehe, Pentax 67 II kit

Dave

[photogdave]

Originally Posted by dcsang

Ya.. good point.. I was about to say that for a little more than $300 CDN (which basically doesn't even cover the exchange rate) I could get a brand new Mamiya 7 II kit or a, hehehehehe, Pentax 67 II kit

Dave

If you can get a Mamiya 7II for $300 I'll take two!

[funkaoshi]

Yeah, can someone tell me where these 300$ CDN Mamiya's are? Please.

[planetjoe]

Originally Posted by chippy

with the latest rumourd price at $2400 i am glad i dont have your mortgage payments

Ha! No comment. But 2.4 large is a bit steep, even for something this sexy. Perhaps the used market will be very brisk with buyer's remorse.

[/wishful thinking]


Cheers,
--joe.