Fujifilm GF670 available again at B&H

[RattyMouse]

What you have said confirms that it gets sent to Japan.

Also, on Fujifilmusa.com they list the pro film cameras they still work on:

Dead Link Removed

perhaps the issue that was fixed w/ the poster above in NJ was simple enough not to need it to be sent abroad?

This link is, as usual for Fujifilm, radically out of date. It is very well known that Fuji stopped supporting the S1 and S2 five or more years ago. Also, I seriously doubt any of the GS645 variants are supported at all.

I would never, ever trust anything on Fujifilm's website. They stated on the web that they were selling industry leading DSLR's more than 4 years after discontinuing the entire line!

 

[Huss]

Ouch! Funny that they still have that info up.

 

[mshchem]

My answer to a 2400 dollar Cosina. It also can be a XPAN, just take a pair of scissors and cut down the negative

 

[ciocc]

My answer to a 2400 dollar Cosina. It also can be a XPAN, just take a pair of scissors and cut down the negative

I have one of those in addition to my GF670. Unfortunately it doesn't fit into my pants pocket. My GF670 does, so it's almost always with me.

 

[mshchem]

I have one of those in addition to my GF670. Unfortunately it doesn't fit into my pants pocket. My GF670 does, so it's almost always with me.

I have REALLY BIG PANTS . I suppose the folder is easier to carry than a RB 67 too.
Seriously, it looks like a neat camera.
Best Regards Mike

 

[RattyMouse]

My answer to a 2400 dollar Cosina. It also can be a XPAN, just take a pair of scissors and cut down the negative

I shot with a Fuji 6 X 9 for many, many years. Great cameras, with near bullet proof reliability. That said, the GF cameras are just world's better in almost every possible way (format differences aside; if you like or want 6 x 9, the GF's will do nothing for you). Before I held a GF670W I could not understand why they cost so much compared to my Fuji 6 x 9 rangefinder. I dont wonder that anymore and would easily buy another GF670W over the Texas Leicas.

 

[RattyMouse]

I have one of those in addition to my GF670. Unfortunately it doesn't fit into my pants pocket. My GF670 does, so it's almost always with me.

It is amazing to be walking around with a fully functional 6 x 7 camera in your pocket. Absolutely amazing.

 

[DWThomas]

I have to admit the camera under discussion definitely has some appeal to me -- I'm sure I would like to just sit and fondle one now and again -- but already having a number of MF cameras, I just can't convince myself to spend that kind of money on one. If it were five or six hundred USD I might pry the money loose, but obviously that is a fantasy.

 

[Prest_400]

Mike Johnston of TOP recently posted about the Mamiya 7(II). Another top of the line RF that IMO sits along the GF670.
But both are far out of reach.

I shot with a Fuji 6 X 9 for many, many years. Great cameras, with near bullet proof reliability. That said, the GF cameras are just world's better in almost every possible way (format differences aside; if you like or want 6 x 9, the GF's will do nothing for you). Before I held a GF670W I could not understand why they cost so much compared to my Fuji 6 x 9 rangefinder. I dont wonder that anymore and would easily buy another GF670W over the Texas Leicas.

These posts about the Fuji 6x9 make me appreciate a bit more, and invest instead into more film and dev! Unfairly compared to the Mamiya 7 (its lens is not as stellar, but very good) but it is rather different. Spartan, solid and reliable. Infact, I've seen few, if none, complain about RF misalignment.

But as a travel camera, GF670 and Mamiya 7 are rather dreamlike and more appropiate to even EDC. Still, the package of a Fuji 6x9 gets a bad rep for being large and no meter (classic M's don't either!) but it is very manageable.

 

[RattyMouse]

ALERT!!!

KEH has THREE (3) GF670's for sale now. $1699-$1799.

Get 'em while they last.

 

[ciocc]

It is amazing to be walking around with a fully functional 6 x 7 camera in your pocket. Absolutely amazing.

There are two things about my GF670 that bother me: I can't fold the camera with a filter attached. It's a real pain. It's also too easy to damage the camera by forgetting to set the lens to infinity before closing it up.

 

[RattyMouse]

There are two things about my GF670 that bother me: I can't fold the camera with a filter attached. It's a real pain. It's also too easy to damage the camera by forgetting to set the lens to infinity before closing it up.

You do have the lens hood right? The filter pops on and off in that case in 2 seconds.

Setting the camera to infinity is automatic and second nature for me. I do it without even thinking.

 

[mynewcolour]

Don't most people set their focus to infinity as habit anyway - between shots (or 'scenes' at least)?

I don't think it'd bother me.

 

[DWThomas]

Don't most people set their focus to infinity as habit anyway - between shots (or 'scenes' at least)?

I don't think it'd bother me.

Hmmm -- I doubt I go back to infinity as a regular practice, and even if I did I can think of situations where in haste and distraction I might forget. If you truly can damage something by not doing so, that would be a bit alarming. I'd rather it were a few millimeters thicker package to avoid that. (But unless I get a large inheritance from someone I'm not currently aware of, it likely won't matter anyway.)

 

[RattyMouse]

Hmmm -- I doubt I go back to infinity as a regular practice, and even if I did I can think of situations where in haste and distraction I might forget. If you truly can damage something by not doing so, that would be a bit alarming. I'd rather it were a few millimeters thicker package to avoid that. (But unless I get a large inheritance from someone I'm not currently aware of, it likely won't matter anyway.)

If you have a GF670, you do develop the habit of re-focusing back to infinity very easily.

The camera does not close if the focus is not at infinity. It will resist closing, not break. It will only break if you continue to try to force it to close. If forced hard, it will break. As will a lot of things.

I've had my GF670 for nearly 4 years or so and this simply isnt an issue for me. I set it to infinity naturally without a second thought.

 

[mynewcolour]

It's a good habit anyway.

If you don't roll the lens back to infinity, how do you know how far to turn to focus (and which way) before the camera is up to your eye?

 

[ciocc]

You do have the lens hood right? The filter pops on and off in that case in 2 seconds.

Setting the camera to infinity is automatic and second nature for me. I do it without even thinking.

Yes, I do. However, I prefer to use 58mm filters attached to the lens, as the filter selection in that size is much larger than what is available for the 40.5mm filter that fits in the lens hood. Most of the filters I use are special order and expensive in the 40.5mm size; not so in the 58mm size.

The camera does resist closing if the lens is not set to infinity. However, as I painfully discovered, it's easy to slightly bend the rails and not know it. My camera was opening/closing easily and there was no indication of damage.

There's another thing I don't like about the camera: no self timer! At the price you pay for the camera, the lack of a self timer is unforgivable. Even my old Olympus 35RD rangefinder has a self timer.

Don't get me wrong: I LOVE my GF670. So much so that I paid the breathtaking price Fujifilm USA charged me to fix the camera. No camera is perfect. Just pointing out some of the flaws that affect me. YMMV.

My camera arrives from Edison NJ today. Nine day turnaround to fix and ship to my home in California.

 

[ciocc]

It's a good habit anyway.

If you don't roll the lens back to infinity, how do you know how far to turn to focus (and which way) before the camera is up to your eye?

Probably 95% of my shots are taken with the lens set to the hyperfocal distance, so I rarely use the rangefinder patch. I would be in heaven if I could open/close the camera with the lens set to the the hyperfocal distance and a filter already attached.

 

[mynewcolour]

Right, there is that.

 

[RattyMouse]

Yes, I do. However, I prefer to use 58mm filters attached to the lens, as the filter selection in that size is much larger than what is available for the 40.5mm filter that fits in the lens hood. Most of the filters I use are special order and expensive in the 40.5mm size; not so in the 58mm size.

The camera does resist closing if the lens is not set to infinity. However, as I painfully discovered, it's easy to slightly bend the rails and not know it. My camera was opening/closing easily and there was no indication of damage.

There's another thing I don't like about the camera: no self timer! At the price you pay for the camera, the lack of a self timer is unforgivable. Even my old Olympus 35RD rangefinder has a self timer.

Don't get me wrong: I LOVE my GF670. So much so that I paid the breathtaking price Fujifilm USA charged me to fix the camera. No camera is perfect. Just pointing out some of the flaws that affect me. YMMV.

My camera arrives from Edison NJ today. Nine day turnaround to fix and ship to my home in California.

Yes, a self timer would be wonderful. I lose out on family shots with that camera due to the lack of a self timer. No camera is perfect, and I would take my GF670 over 99% of the rest of the cameras out there. The only camera I like better is my GF670W and it has no self timer also.

 

[DWThomas]

Yes, a self timer would be wonderful. I lose out on family shots with that camera due to the lack of a self timer. No camera is perfect, and I would take my GF670 over 99% of the rest of the cameras out there. The only camera I like better is my GF670W and it has no self timer also.

Does it have a standard mechanical cable release socket? If so you might scrounge up one of those "Autoknips" gizmos; a mechanical wind-up self timer that screws into the cable release socket. (Hardly as sleek and handy as built in however.)

 

[RattyMouse]

Does it have a standard mechanical cable release socket? If so you might scrounge up one of those "Autoknips" gizmos; a mechanical wind-up self timer that screws into the cable release socket. (Hardly as sleek and handy as built in however.)

Yep, it has a standard cable release. Never heard of the device you are talking about. Sounds interesting. Thanks.

 

[Sal Santamaura]

...a mechanical wind-up self timer that screws into the cable release socket...

I was going to post a link to some for sale at B&H but, after searching there, am reminded how old I am and conclude that those timers have probably been gone for years. Here's a video of one:

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A quick search on eBay for "mechanical self timer" returned many results, including lots of brands other than the Canon in that video. They're pretty cheap now.

 

[DWThomas]

Yep, I have here a Kopil that was a Japanese make.

The knurled fittings under the body allow adjustment of the stroke. I have had it for several years and vaguely remember it didn't have enough "ooomph" to trip my Argus C3 -- don't know if that's just "how it was" or it needs a CLA!

There was also a version that slipped over the flange and the plunger of a typical cable release and squeezed.

 

[RattyMouse]

What a cool concept. Thanks for sharing.