Fuji Natura

[ClaremontPhoto]

Thank you. Klasse is not on eBay yet. I'll wait a while.

I talked to grumpy camera guy's wife and son yesterday and they both told me to buy Natura camera from Germany but had no specific information about shop or website.

They have ordered ISO 1600 Fuji film but the exact type is unclear. As are most of my photos.

 

[IGMeanwell]

Its an all metal body

http://www.mobilewhack.com/reviews/fuji_klasse_w_film_camera.html

Doesn't really comment on whether or not its going to be available worldwide ...

 

[Bill58]

My guess is no. I wish it was either 25mm or 28/ 1.7. I'd prefer the former. I gotta stop dreamin'.

p.s. $800--gulp. Kinda ridiculous, don't you think?

 

[IGMeanwell]

Yup... but since Japanese cameraholics tend to be just as crazy or crazier than those on this forum... its not illogical

 

[ClaremontPhoto]

$800 you're kidding. No way.

 

[raid]

You can also try Map Camera in Tokyo. They have an English language option on their website, will ship outside Japan, and when I checked last spring they had the best price for the Natura S f1.9 Black -- in the neighborhood of US$235.

Peter.
SF, CA

If $800 is the price for the new Natura Klasse, it makes more sense to buy the Black for so little money. A price of $235 is unheard of.

Raid

 

[sherm]

Looks to me like Natura is copying or using the same design as the Rollei AFM35 that was discontinued a few years back. The price for these with a plastic body and 38/2.8 lens is still 300-375 US. on the bay, so if this is an all aluminum body with a 28mm lens then 800 isn't exactly out of the ballpark.

Link here: http://www.photographyreview.com/sf-1/pid-20253192/productpagecrx.aspx#

Scott

 

[celerystalksme]

Looks to me like Natura is copying or using the same design as the Rollei AFM35 that was discontinued a few years back. The price for these with a plastic body and 38/2.8 lens is still 300-375 US. on the bay, so if this is an all aluminum body with a 28mm lens then 800 isn't exactly out of the ballpark.

Link here: http://www.photographyreview.com/sf-1/pid-20253192/productpagecrx.aspx#

Scott

The Rollei AFM35 was actually the OLD Fuji Klasse. Rollei got the western world distirbution rights for the original Fuji Klasse, put a different lens coating on it, and rebadged it as a Rollei AFM35.

Fuji is releasing the Fuji Klasse. The first is the Klasse W with a wideangle 28mm lens and NP mode. The second is the Klasse S, which appears to be identical to the Rollei AF35/Fuji Klasse except that it has NP mode.

Also, the layout of the new Klasse W/S is a bit different than the original Klasse/Rollei AF35...the front manual focus knob is now the exposure compensation knob (the original class had that in the lcd menu)...and the manual focus knob has been moved to the top of the camera.

edit: one other thing...the orignal klasse had a 38mm/f2.6 lens...i'm not sure if the klasse s will be 38/2.6 like the original or 38/2.8...i thought i read somewhere that it would be 2.8...can't remember.

 

[IGMeanwell]

For those who missed my link this was the contents:

Fuji seems to be in a nostalgic mode. The company recently unveiled the new Klasse W compact film (that's right, not digital) camera featuring a 28mm F2.8 lens that matches an SLR camera in image quality.

Made of aluminum alloy, the Klasse W, true to its name, is available in a classy design. The first generation Klasse cameras, unveiled way back in 2001, featured a 38mm F2.6 lens and was a hit with amateur and pro photographers alike.

With shutter speeds up to 1/500 seconds and multilayer electron beam coating on the lens surface, you can expect some high quality images even in unfavorable conditions (for example with backlight).

Available in limited quantity (just 8,000 of 'em!) starting December 1, 2006, the Fuji Klasse W carries a price tag of ¥95,000 (US $808).

 

[DougK]

I said it elsewhere, but this is the camera I was really looking for when I settled on the Natura S Black to get my wide-angle freak on in a point-and-shoot. The 28mm would be easier to control than the 24mm but not as fast. Timing is everything, I guess. Maybe if this production run sells well we can hope for another.

 

[raid]

How about a 28mm/1.4 lens Natura? I ask for one.

Raid