It's been 15 years since they released the folding version, and the wide 12 years. Fuji are clearly entretained with other ventures than film at the time of writing as to expect them sponsoring one; but Cosina still well exists and they made this machine. It would be interesting if an additional run could be done.
Amusing to read my own post from 3 years ago... The Mamiya 7 and these have shot up in price so much.
I'm happy with my GW690, 6x9 is the largest of standard medium formats, the thing is voluminous but very solid. Spends a lot of film, but that's part of the quirk. I agree that 6x8 and 6x7 are fantastic rations and sometimes when composing vertical, 6x9 on a rangefinder is awkward.
Of course, when thinking about travel, I eye more compact and modern medium formats, but those are few and far in between. My friend kickstarted the idea of a backpacking trip to Asia for which I started to think about doing in 2012. I still froze a tiny bit of 220 film awaiting such a venture.
Deardorff jokes about digital medium format but for such a purpose it is attractive, except that film has some kind of curse that wants me back to it. But the cost of some of these cameras plus the film and processing makes now for an interesting comparison. Seeing $3 to 5K ranges of prices is crazy.
Being a bit off topic, I think a RF with a standard form factor and a collapsible lens mechanism as per the Mamiya 6 would be very interesting.
