clarence
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Hello, I was wondering about 6x7 folders. The 8x10 conventional printing format made me think about aspect ratios and frame wastage. 8x10 works out to a 6x7.5 format, but surely there aren't any cameras with that specification. The Fuji GSW680 and GW680 come to mind, but they are a little too rare, expensive and big for me. As far as I know, 6x7 and 6x8 folding cameras are quite uncommon. Would anyone care to mention some?
Clarence
Clarence
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BSchall
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Most, if not all, folders use a red window for frame alignment and counting. 120 film does not have numbers on the backing paper for 6x7/6x8. That's why you don't find 6x7 folders. 6x4.5 is close to the 8x10 aspect, so that's the best you can do with a folder.
Abbazz
6x9 and be there!
clarence said:
Clarence,
I wouldn't call the Fuji G(S)W680 a folder.
6x7 is a relatively new format which was developed in the 1960s-70s, when the folding cameras were already history. 6x8 is even newer and has never been popular outside Japan. The only 6x7 folder I am aware of is the Plaubel Makina 67/W67/670.
Cheers,
Abbazz
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RML
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Abbazz said:
Though not a folder but Polaroids taking SW70 (?) film are also 6x7.
Keep in mind that 6x7cm and the other 6x's are metric round-offs of inch-measured image sizes, and that nominal 6x7 (2-1/4x2-3/4") is about 56mm x 70mm, and that's an 8x10 proportion, why it's termed "ideal format". And 6x9cm is closer to 56x83mm (2-1/4 x 3-1/4")
clarence
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Thank you for all the input. Doug's reminder that 8x10 is a rounded-off measurement was especially sobering, and BSchall's explanation for the lack of old 6x7 and 6x8 cameras was also very interesting.
The new problem is that I now desire a Plaubel Makina 67W / 670W, but will probably never afford one. I need a wide angle lens, so the the Fuji GA645W might be a better alternative.
Clarence
The new problem is that I now desire a Plaubel Makina 67W / 670W, but will probably never afford one. I need a wide angle lens, so the the Fuji GA645W might be a better alternative.
Clarence
Hi Clarence... The Fujis are fine little cameras; I have a GA645Wi and it's excellent. Feature-laden auto-everything point'n'shoot, sharp lens and focuses close. Note that if you're more inclined to simpler mechanical cameras like the Plaubel, Fuji's earlier GS645 Wide offered a 45mm f/5.6, a stop slower than the GA and scale-focus only, but very light and compact. 6x4.5cm measures out more like 56mm x 41.5mm, essentioally a "half-frame" of 6x9, and it's a 1:.75 ratio.
Spavinaw
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I have a 6X7 folding camera. Just get any 2X3 press camera with a Graflok back and a ten exposure 120 film back. It ain't little; it ain't light, but it IS a 6X7 camera that folds!
kram
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Bessa iii /fujifilm GF670 are modern folding 6x7 cameras.
Dwig
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True, but that is the modern 15 exp format found on cameras with metered film advance.
Folders using the ruby window will be shooting a different format. They use the old standard 16 exp format which is closer to a 2:3 ratio similar to the original 8 exp "6x9" format.
oftheherd
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I would have sworn Welta and some others made 6x7 models, although I think they were rare. But I have checked my sources (ebay 
) and can't find any. Maybe I am thinking of 6x9. I think 6x9 is a nice ratio. I never wanted one until I sprang for a Zeiss 6x9 folder several years ago, looking for something less weighty than some of my Welta 6x6 cameras. Indeed light, but a very nice lens, and I learned I liked the 6x9 ratio more than I thought.
) and can't find any. Maybe I am thinking of 6x9. I think 6x9 is a nice ratio. I never wanted one until I sprang for a Zeiss 6x9 folder several years ago, looking for something less weighty than some of my Welta 6x6 cameras. Indeed light, but a very nice lens, and I learned I liked the 6x9 ratio more than I thought.