Texsport
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I hope the lucky winner of the ultra rare fujica 690 Auto Up /Close Up attachment that sold on the evil auction site today is a member on Rangefinder Forum.
I have one and was tempted to alert the forum but didn't want to ruin somebody's party, if a forum member was already on it.
It sold with a 690 Fujica camera plus 65 and 100 mm lenses for $518. I consider this a great steal for someone.
The Auto Up is a very useful tool, especially on the 100mm f3.5 AE lens.
Texsport
I have one and was tempted to alert the forum but didn't want to ruin somebody's party, if a forum member was already on it.
It sold with a 690 Fujica camera plus 65 and 100 mm lenses for $518. I consider this a great steal for someone.
The Auto Up is a very useful tool, especially on the 100mm f3.5 AE lens.
Texsport
dfatty
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Wow, missed that one, sounds like a great deal.
Dante_Stella
Rex canum cattorumque
Auto-ups didn't exactly set the world on fire when they came out (and they all seemed to be made by one company, Pleasant, which I'm guessing had the patent), and there is a reason why for most cameras they don't sell for a lot of money. To get anything other than a hit-or-miss, razor-thin DOF picture, you need to stop down. Way down. This is no doubt why Fuji pushed these for studio use. Today, where 400-speed film is better than 100 was back in the day, they are more practical to use.
Dante
Dante
Texsport
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But, on a tripod, and with a 100/3.5AE lens, they give stunning close ups, even with 100 speed film.
For me, the narrow depth of field is the best and only reason to have one. Brilliant for head portraits and occupational/environmental portraits!
It is capable of things other medium format lenses are not, such as the newer Mamiya 6/7 cameras cannot focus close enough to create such close ups.
Texsport
Texsport
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12 Years after I posted this, I’m returning to post a photo made using 100 speed film in a Fujica 690 camera with 100/3.5AE lens + Auto Up.
