david b
film shooter
Simple. Yes or No.
Would you buy the new Fuji Range Finder?
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holzi
Newbie
I voted Yes, even if I don't have the money, but I would - if I only could 😉
spysmart
Established
Yes, almost without hesitation ... except preferably in all black
srtiwari
Daktari
Yes. Of course, my GAS will become much more acute if the lens performs anything like that on my Fuji GA645, or the Mamiya 80mm. But, hope the price is not too out of reach !
bmattock
Veteran
holzi said:
Ditto. Nothing else to say, but I had to make this line longer.
titrisol
Bottom Feeder
Don't know yet.... no specs posted yet
So far I'd rather buy a couple of good SuperIkontas from Jurgen Krechel
So far I'd rather buy a couple of good SuperIkontas from Jurgen Krechel
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ruben
Guest
Can't decide yet. I need to know if there is a red hole in the back.
mfunnell
Shaken, so blurred
Yes, as long as the price is "within reason".
...Mike
...Mike
Solinar
Analog Preferred
Yes, even though I will need to sell off three of my medium format cameras and maybe one of the Leicas to get within the half of what this puppy will cost. I am certain that it will not be inexpensive.
oftheherd
Veteran
Yes. But I will probably wait 20 to 25 years until the used prices on ebay bring it into my price range. 😀
sepiareverb
genius and moron
ruben said:
Excellent Ruben!
I'm absolutely interested even though it isn't a 6x6. A red hole in back with some careful masking might make it a 6x6!!
sooner
Well-known
Love to buy it, if I can afford it. Best of all, I love the fact that Fuji coming out with a MF rangefinder folder, of all things, totally makes all the "film is dead" types so wrong it's just pathetic. If this doesn't blow a little sunshine up your %ss, then nothing will.
Ernst Dinkla
Well-known
As much as I like my 120 folders and I see a nice resemblance in the Fuji to the Bessa II, to the Mamiya Six, I rather like to see Fuji using their excellent sensor technology and make a complete new digital rangefinder design that isn't based on any existing analogue or digital rangefinder design. It must be possible to build a hybrid optical - live view rangefinder that doesn't need the mechanical coupling between lens and rangefinder but could mirror the sensor's image or an optical indication based on the focusing data from that sensor in the optical view-rangefinder. Control of both focus and parallax + the quality of an optical viewfinder. More complex it could even support a zoom lens. The sensor could be 4/3 or APS and have the combined quality of Fuji's compact and APS sensors. A camera size closer to the first Leica or a Pen FT but with a modern optical rangefinder quality. It would surprise me if the image quality couldn't compete with the 6x7 rangefinder folder they suggest now. The labs here in town do not develop 120 slide film anymore, color neg is next and the variety of b&W films one can get diminishes. I doubt Fuji will keep a film plant open just to keep a promise for everyone who buys this folder. This station is passed in a way, the rangefinder concept not.
Ernst Dinkla
Ernst Dinkla
luketrash
Trying to find my range
If it's in the sub 1500 dollar range, I'd consider buying it new, which is a very odd thing for me to say. As time goes on, I'm interested in very simple, classy looking cameras and this one looks like it fits the bill.
The main reason I know I'd have to buy it new is that I'm sure it'll be a specialty item hoarded by collectors and I'd have a hard time finding one later at a fair price.
I think people will mock this camera and it's 'slow' lens, but photography is different things to everyone, and it's pretty rare that any manufacturers turn out anything that interests me. This camera actually interests me for several reasons.
The main reason I know I'd have to buy it new is that I'm sure it'll be a specialty item hoarded by collectors and I'd have a hard time finding one later at a fair price.
I think people will mock this camera and it's 'slow' lens, but photography is different things to everyone, and it's pretty rare that any manufacturers turn out anything that interests me. This camera actually interests me for several reasons.
CraigK
Established
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rich815
Guest
Depends on the price and the performance.
VictorM.
Well-known
I was so done. And then the Voigt 35/1.4 and now this...
kuzano
Veteran
As in black like this one
As in black like this one
I suspect mine is going to be black as well
As in black like this one
spysmart said:
I suspect mine is going to be black as well
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wlewisiii
Guest
ruben said:
Ruben,
In photos there is a solid back & a frame counter on the top deck next to the wind knob... 😀
& I'll get one somehow... 😉
William
kuzano
Veteran
HaH!!! I wondered about that.....
HaH!!! I wondered about that.....
I've been seeing a bit of "inner light" since finding out about this new Fuji. There was a camera called the Fuji Pet. One just sold on eBay for an insane price. I was thinking they should call this one a Fuji Delight. However, after your comment, I think it should be called a Fuji SSUYA (SunShine Up Your A$$).
Pathetic is a pretty weak description of the "Film is Dead" crowd, and more fitting for the "film will die" group.
HaH!!! I wondered about that.....
sooner said:
I've been seeing a bit of "inner light" since finding out about this new Fuji. There was a camera called the Fuji Pet. One just sold on eBay for an insane price. I was thinking they should call this one a Fuji Delight. However, after your comment, I think it should be called a Fuji SSUYA (SunShine Up Your A$$).
Pathetic is a pretty weak description of the "Film is Dead" crowd, and more fitting for the "film will die" group.
