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:
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perhaps the issue that was fixed w/ the poster above in NJ was simple enough not to need it to be sent abroad?
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 REALLY BIG PANTSI 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.
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.
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.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.
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.
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.)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.)
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.
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?
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.
Yep, it has a standard cable release. Never heard of the device you are talking about. Sounds interesting. Thanks.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.)
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:...a mechanical wind-up self timer that screws into the cable release socket...
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