Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Joseph, To me, this is the interesting area of connection between Leica and Fuji, their rangefinder production. Prior to the 690 (II and III) there was the original which had interchangeable lenses, much more like a Leica on steroids, excepting that it used (perhaps quite sensibly) leaf shutters. They bottomed out at a 65mm lens and went up via 90, 105 to 150 I recall. I think Leica explored the possibility of a roll film rangefinder pre war, they got as far as a mock-up but no further I believe. Jem - -----Original Message----- From: Joe Codispoti [SMTP:joecodi@thegrid.net] My three Fuji GW 690 II & III have produced the sharpest medium format negatives I have ever exposed, bar none; and I have used Hasselblads, Mamiya RB, and Mamiya RZ. More than once I have had to prove that I had not used a 4x5 camera. I sold my original 690II to a doctor in SC. I was so sad that a year later I begged him to resell it to me. He did so several years later. I will never sell it again, after all it is just like a M2 on steroids. Joseph Codispoti