However, the photographers envied the ease of handling of 35mm rangefinder cameras. Medium or large format was preferred over 35mm, for which emulsion quality was not always satisfactory and which had an unneeded number of frames per roll. Lens: Zenzanon RF 65mm f/4 Lens Mount: Bronica RF Aperture: fThe idea for the G690 came to Fuji from its discussions in Japan with commercial photographers, who were doing a brisk business in color photographs of tour groups that the tourists would buy as mementoes. Film Winding: Single stroke winding lever. Shutter Speed: 8 to 1/750 sec. Bronica RF645 + 65mm f/4 The images are part of the product description.Specifications Body: Bronica RF645 Film speed settings: 25-1600 ISO, set manually.
Bronica Rf645 65Mm Lens Filter Serial Number 3118948 4112003
Lens, zenzanone PG 1: 4 f 150mm. Lens, Zenzanon-PG 1: 3.5 f 100mm, with UV filter. Lens Seiko Zenzanon-PG 1: 5.6 f 250mm. Camera, Zenza Bronica GS-1 (6x7), serial number 3118948 4112003.
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The body alone weighs 1258g the 100mm lens 744g. It looks rather as if a Leica M3 with a particularly large lens (perhaps 85mm f/1.8) had been made to a much larger scale: it is 187mm wide, 119.5mm high, and (with its 100mm lens attached) 147mm deep. G690 The Fujica G690, shown in Photokina in September 1968 and released in Japan in December 1968, is a 6×9 interchangable-lens, leaf-shutter rangefinder camera.
( Image rights)The rangefinder is coupled and has a baselength of 67mm. The shutter release button is coaxial with the film advance lever at its centre is a thread for a standard cable release.Fujica G690, Fujinon 100mm f/3.5 silver lens. Winding employs a lever positioned and shaped much like that for a modern 35mm camera advance from one frame to another needs two strokes, first of 180° and secondly of about 160°, the exact angle depending on the effective diameter (including film) of the take-up spool. There is no separate shutter cocking lever. The back simply hinges open (there is no separate film back), and in order to change lens in mid-roll there is no need for a dark slide (one turns a knob to engage an internal curtain).Film advance is automatic: once the "start" line on the film backing paper is lined up with the dot on the film rail, one closes the back and alternately winds until the film stops, and fires.
The eyepiece is rectangular with a lip that seems designed to take accessories Fuji sold an eye-cup but there is no evidence that dioptre lenses, right-angle finders, or other eye piece accessories were also available. The viewfinder is superior to that of most other rangefinder cameras (even the Leica M series) in that it is field-corrected: as the lens is focused, the brightlines adjust not only for parallax but also for field of view. The viewfinder has projected framelines for the 100mm and 150mm lens.
Moving outward from the body, the rotatable rings on the lens are first the breechlock (like that for a Canon FD lens), then focus, aperture, and finally shutter speed. One oddity for a newcomer from 35mm is the layout of controls on the lens. The viewfinder image, rangefinder image and brightlines appear about 1.25m, 1m, and 1.4m away respectively.
Each of the four lenses, as well as each of the later lenses, works with any of the bodies in this series. Other lenses available (all again in silver trim in Japan) were 65mm, 150mm, and 180mm. On the front is a mark that might be a stylized "P" for "professional" (suggested by the way in which the "P" disappeared on later models that were marked "Professional" elsewhere).In Japan, the camera came with a 100mm f/3.5 lens finished in silver. To change between 120 and 220 one turns a dial at the top of the camera and also turns over the film pressure plate (clearly marked "120" on one side, "220" on the other).The camera has a cold shoe there is a PC terminal on the lens, with a switch between X and M synchronization.The finish of the body is black, with a small amount of silver trim around the view- and rangefinder. Roll or sheet is selected by a switch on the back with positions for "R" and "S" this must be set at "S" for dry-firing.
(Fuji provided +2, +0.5, −2.5, and −4 dioptre lenses. (Short-roll 120 films, little known outside Japan, were marketed by Fuji for six rather than twelve 6×6 exposures, or four exposures with this camera.)Finder magnification is increased from 84% to 92%.The eyepiece is changed from a proprietary rectangular design to the same circular form used by the Fujica ST701 and ST801 and Nikon cameras such as the F3, thereby allowing the use of dioptre lenses, eyecups and right-angle finders marketed by either company. The R-S (Roll-Sheet) Button remains on the back of the camera to allow dry firing when the camera is not loaded with film. The result, the Fujica GL690 Professional, was released in January 1974.A second shutter button is added on the front for ease when the camera is held vertically.The sheet film capability (requiring a changing bag) is deprecated, while short-roll 120 capability is added to meet professional demands for a short turnaround.
In combination with the regular 100mm lens, the GL690 weighs 1745g (part of the weight saving is in the lens), and was priced at ¥140,400.Provision of the autoexposure lens, and a continued commitment to simplicity, meant that two prototypes were abandoned. A 50mm lens, a faster (f/5.6) 65mm lens, and an autoexposure 100mm f/3.5 lens were released at the same time as the GL690.The body cost ¥53,400, plus ¥1400 for a strap and ¥200 for an eyecup. (This is similar to but not the same as the design used by Hasselblad.)Cosmetic changes are the addition of "Professional" at the top and the disappearance of the "P"-like mark on the front and the appearance of a large white stylized "G" on the top of the lens mount.The focussing grips on the lenses are now rubber.
The set weighs 1840g, and was sold for ¥147,800. In Japan, the GM670 was released at about the same time as the AE 100mm lens, and for this reason the combination was more often reviewed than the others. Although for 6×7 exposures, it is just as large as the GL690 and differs only in having a smaller film gate and different gearing and numbering for the film advance mechanism.The body cost the same as the GL690: ¥53,400. GM670 Professional The Fujica GM670 Professional was released at the same time as the GL690.
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