Fuij announced about a year ago a NEW 120 medium format camera-the GF670, and the good news is, it’s coming very soon. It is a joint collaboration with Voigtlander, and will be marketed as a Voigtlander Bessa III outside of Japan. It becomes obvious when you see the Bessa II:
It can do both 6×6 and 6×7 shots, and has manual or auto focus (excellent for camera-numpties like me!).
Specs for camera-nerds:
-80mm F3.5 fixed lense
-Iso Range 25-3200
-Auto lense shutter
-SPD Sensor
-blah blah some other stuff that is way too dorky
Anyway, it looks fab, and there was me looking forward to a nice new medium format camera from santa, until the rumours of the price hit me like George Bests breath…..probably between £650 and £1000! Bloody hell, perhaps not then. I could get a lot of Holgas for that. They will probably hold their price well in the 2nd hand market though, and at least it’s reliable, which is a problem when you go into 30 year old camera territory.
Go for it if you have loads of cash though, it looks fab.
The British Journal of Photography has more photos:
http://www.1854.eu/2008/09/live_from_photokina_fujis_medi.html
Comments
i wanted this camera but in the end i settled for a fuji g645! love the format of holga but sometime i like abit more control