Sold [Sold] Fujifilm GW690II 6x9 film camera

[tpstearns]

Sold

For sale a Fujifilm GW690II in excellent working condition. These big rangefinders produce huge, beautiful negatives with the 90mm f/3.5 lens. I've had this one for five years and it has received very light use in that time. The film counter on the base is at 211 (2110 exposures). Shutter speeds seem right and the focus is smooth. I believe these normally have a sliding lens hood, which this doesn't have, but I've never had any issues. It does have a 72mm to 77mm step-up ring and a 77mm Canon lens cap that works well.

For those with aging eyes like me, an advantage is that the eyepiece takes inexpensive Nikon screw-in correction lenses. Helps with rangefinder focusing.

$475 w/shipping and PayPal included.

Some sample images from my Flickr account: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB8fY7

 

[chriscrawfordphoto]

Beautiful camera and nice price. I'm curious about something I noticed on it. The film type switch on top offers the choice between 120 (8 exp) and 220 (16 exp), which is normal. Then it also has "120 4 exp." What's that for? That's only half a roll; no one made half-length 120 film. I've never seen an option like that on a camera!

 

[Dani]

The initial target for those cameras was Japanese photographers that would take pictures of tourist groups. Back in those days Fuji had rolls that were only 4 exposures so that the photographer would send those rolls fast enough to get prints back to those tourists.

 

[chriscrawfordphoto]

The initial target for those cameras was Japanese photographers that would take pictures of tourist groups. Back in those days Fuji had rolls that were only 4 exposures so that the photographer would send those rolls fast enough to get prints back to those tourists.

Thanks for the info. That's interesting, I'd never heard of that!