New Fuji / Voigtlander folder on Voigtlander's German website

[Way]

As long as the price is within reason, I will certainly buy one.

 

[EliasK]

German Voigtlander website updated with availability date information for Europe:
May 2009

No price yet.

 

[vincentbenoit]

it does mater indeed that it is a medium format rangefinder, anyone who has used a mamiya 6 and tried to focus on things with the 75mm lens wide open at 3.5 will tell you that.

I have, and I won't.

Vincent

 

[luketrash]

I like the look of it. The big picture I looked at shows the black paint already coming off of the metalwork in places though. Also, I noticed the photos were made with a Nikon D300.

Not that any of this matters.. I just think it's interesting to see what cameras people use for product photography.

I just pray that thing drops about 700 dollars in value by the time it hits the USA as compared to the Japanese fuji version's price.

Edit: I'm totally enamoured with that thing. I have absolutely no need for it, but the aquisition desire is painfully high.

 

[LeicaFoReVer]

I am new to medium format RF, does this body has other lens options?

 

[Fotohuis]

Its a fixed 3,5/80mm lens (Fuji design).
BTW the change of the format between 6x6 and 6x7 is done by a coin. The format is also changed in the very bright view finder and right down on the corner marked : 66 or 67.

The only important thing to remember is that for closing the door the focus must be marked on infinity.

The loading of the roll film is very easy by the two retractable pins under the camera. There are two markers for the arrow: 6x6 and 6x7 clearly indicated on the cover.
The (leaf) shutter is very quiet, even more more in silence then my Leica M7 camera. The weight is 1035 grams incl. battery, (CR2) and strap.
My Leica M7 is 1005g (with 50mm summicron) so not really a light weight MF camera but certainly not heavy. All parts are made from metall.

Here a first impression on 6x7cm, Rollei Super Pan 200 (E.I. 160) in AM74/RHS developer.