What's up at Fuji - PMA 2008

[Tuolumne]

This is just..well..wierd. It is deffinitely contra-market. We'll just have to wait and see what it is. Or maybe the announcement will disappear from their web site never to be heard of again.

I recently bought a Mamiya 7II (6x7 format) and let me tell you that the difference in quality between images from that camera and any digital (or 35mm film camera) I own is obvious at a casual glance. Since I am an amateur, I have no one to please but myself when I use it, so I don't care so much about workflow issues. So, if it makes sense to introduce a new film camera, it needs to be easily diffrentiable from the digital cameras on the market. MF certainly is that.

/T

 

[Abbazz]

That the best news I have heard for quite a while. What we need is an actualized G690 with interchangeable lens. With a nice viewfinder like the one on the Bessa R4, with frames for 50, 65 100 and 150mm lenses. And please, no electronic gadgets.

Cheers!

Abbazz

 

[BigzThanB]

This is great news for film. It would be even better if Fuji decides to enter the film scanning business too and come out with a dedicated scanner much like the Nikon Coolscan 9000. Making an affordable film scanner will also help Fuji out as their revenue is still largely dependent on sale of film!

Although I am a Fan of Nikon... the monopoly makes the use of film kinda expensive.

 

[sepiareverb]

So any word?

 

[amateriat]

Imagine the 10-year-old son of a PMA visitor, describing this new Fuji to his friends...

Kid: So I saw this hot new Fuji camera...so cool, but weird!

Friend 1: Yeah, so...how many megapixels?

Kid: Well, yeah, that's it...I don't really know...

Friend 2: Didn't they give you a spec sheet?

Kid: Uh...yeah. Got it right here.

Friend 1: Lemme look...yo!

Friend 2: What?

Friend 1: Word...it's got this weird stuff...

Kid: Yeah, that's what I mean...

Friend 1: Rollfilm...? WTF???

Kid: I know...the rep told me about it...the stuff has ultra-high res, he said...

Friend 2: How do I hook it up to my Dell?

Kid: He says you don't hook it up to anything, you just take a...roll of this stuff...

Friend 2: My Dad used to go on about this stuff...got baby pics of me he took...

Friend 1: Chillin' in your crib, huh?

Friend 2: Shut it...

Kid: ...so you load it up with this stuff...a little tricky, but it looked easy to me...

Friend 1: So how do you use it without a 'puter?

Kid: You load it, then take pictures like normal...

Friend 2: Hey, I don't see a screen on the back...

Kid: It doesn't use one.

Friend 1: Get outta here! How do I know what I got?

Kid: Rep says that's how people used to take pics. They didn't need to, um...

Friend 2: "Chimp?"

Friend 1: So how the hell do you look at your pics, then?

Kid: You shoot as many pics as you can on this...roll...then you take it out...

Friend 2: Got a USB thing on it?

Kid: No...you drop it off somewhere...a lab, I think.

Friend 1: And...?

Kid: You get back a CD...that goes in a computer, natch...and you get a bunch of prints...

Friend 2: Prints? Like, you can pass 'em around and stuff?

Friend 1: Yeah, you can stop breaking my camera phone when I hand it to you!

Friend 2: Your LG sucked! I could break it just looking at it!!

Kid: Yeah...this "rollfilm" stuff...sounds kinda cool. You think so?

Friend 2: Dunno...I want a new PSP...

Friend 1: AFTER you pay for breaking mine, dude!



So...any pics of this blasted thing yet?


- Barrett

 

[JonasYip]

No pics, but somebody at PMA has offered up a name: Fuji GF670. Described as having a bellows, so probably a 6x7 folder, like a larger version of the GS645?

http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00OF7F

j

 

[goo0h]

Here's a PMA 2008 Tour of the Fujifilm Booth:

http://www.photographyblog.com/images/pma_2008/fujifilm/fujifilm_pma_2008_booth_tour_02.html

 

[Tuolumne]

Here's a PMA 2008 Tour of the Fujifilm Booth:

http://www.photographyblog.com/images/pma_2008/fujifilm/fujifilm_pma_2008_booth_tour_02.html

Wow! No need to look past that first photo. Were those triplets? (Not a lens! 🙂) Imagine getting them in your studio. 😉 Wish I could be there.

/T

 

[IGMeanwell]

Unfortunately it doesn't seem as anyone has a picture of this thing

I would like to see how compact it really is

 

[Abbazz]

No pics, but somebody at PMA has offered up a name: Fuji GF670. Described as having a bellows, so probably a 6x7 folder, like a larger version of the GS645?

Medium format? Good! A film camera? Better! A folder? Great! What, 6x7? Darn, they almost got it right! :bang:

Cheers!

Abbazz

 

[Photar]

Medium format? Good! A film camera? Better! A folder? Great! What, 6x7? Darn, they almost got it right!

For 6x7 you still get slide projectors. Not so for 6x9. So I am very happy with this. It all depends on the size of the camera. If it comes in a small package I might consider one as a companion for my P67II. I hope a folder can be significantly smaller than the Mamiya 7.

 

[Solinar]

The PhotographyBlog imagaes of the Fuji booth are of 3 bleached blondes and some designer digicams.

The blogger probably walked by the GF670 and either didn't know what was or considered it to be useless. I doubt he spent much time at the Sinar booth.

 

[Jacob]

RFF community calling RFF members presently in Las Vegas region:
Please grab a digicam, go immediately to Fuji booth at PMA, take detailed pictures of GF670 and upload here.
NOW!

 

[mfunnell]

The PhotographyBlog imagaes of the Fuji booth are of 3 bleached blondes and some designer digicams.

I thought they were demonstrating how images are created from shades of red, green and blue...


(Thumbnail link to dpReview website.)

...Mike

 

[dazedgonebye]

The PhotographyBlog imagaes of the Fuji booth are of 3 bleached blondes and some designer digicams.

The blogger probably walked by the GF670 and either didn't know what was or considered it to be useless. I doubt he spent much time at the Sinar booth.

Dazzled by the plastic cameras and bimbettes....

 

[dazedgonebye]

I understand your preference for 6x9...but seriously...this is still pretty darn good stuff here.
I wonder if I'll have to fly to Japan to get one?

Medium format? Good! A film camera? Better! A folder? Great! What, 6x7? Darn, they almost got it right! :bang:

Cheers!

Abbazz

 

[Jacob]

I thought they were demonstrating how images are created from shades of red, green and blue...


(Thumbnail link to dpReview website.)

...Mike

Oh no, it must be a new kind of selective face detection

 

[P3tr]

Check this:

Check this:

From: http://www.grafika.cz/art/df/pma08-prvni-dojmy.html

 

[rxmd]

Lord help us, it's a folding manual-focus rangefinder with knob film advance and automatic exposure.

They are really riding the retro wave are they?

 

[Photar]

If this is the real thing ... GREAT! 3.5 lens, automatic exposure mode and just beautiful. Thanks for the links.