Fuji GSW690III with a 90mm

[keytarjunkie]

Does such a camera exist? I have never had a Fuji rangefinder, but I thought the GW cameras had the 90mm and the GSW cameras had the 65mm. I found one on craigslist, the guy says it's a GSW690III with a 90mm. I didn't think this could be possible, but he sent me a picture of the top plate which says GSW. The photos are crappy and there's not a close-up of the writing on the front, but it has a large front element so obviously it's the 90mm (and he swears it's the 90mm). Any info?

 

[MikeL]

It might have a replacement top plate from a GSW. The tops are pretty easy to take off and swap, and after looking at a GSW image, the top looks similar to the one on my GW680.

 

[sevo]

The tops are freely interchangeable among each generation, and generation II and III spares still are fairly easy to find. While I haven't seen any with a mismatched lens so far (and would suspect that to be the consequence of a sloppy repair job rather than fraudulent), 6x7's labelled as 690 aren't uncommon.

 

[keytarjunkie]

I figured that's what it would be. Thanks!