[Leica] It's a film camera! Rangefinder at that!

[shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)]

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/shino/fuji-gs645/

here's what that the 645 looks like.  it was both metered 
and had a coupled rangefinder.  

it was a great concept, but as most owners would tell you, 
it was in practice just short of functional.

-rei


On Feb02 22:22, Justin Viiret wrote:
> Hi guys and girls,
> 
> Fuji have made something like this before -- this new one looks like a  
> very pretty, modernised 67 version of the GS645 from the 80's. Can't  
> find a good photo on the web from a cursory look around, but they're a  
> little plastic folder with bellows, coupled 75/3.4 EBC lens and a  
> decent rangefinder. A lot of fun, but a bit fragile -- I've broken  
> mine twice, and it's out of commission at the moment. :( Fuji fixed  
> the fragility of them later on by removing the bellows on later models  
> -- I'm guessing they came up with a way to build it better this time. :)
> 
> I want one, too -- hopefully they will actually decide to market it!
> 
> jv
> 
> 
> 
> On 02/02/2008, at 9:39 PM, Richard Man wrote:
> 
> >Coupled rangefinder!!!
> >
> >At 02:32 AM 2/2/2008, Daniel Ridings wrote:
> >>http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Fujifilm_plans_6x7cm_medium_format_folding_camera_news_177080.html
> >>
> >>http://tinyurl.com/29krnq
> >>
> >>They're not promising to market it.
> >
> >
> >
> >// richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly,  
> >please use richard at imagecraft.com)
> >
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Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey