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Ping Littleboy - Fujifilm 645 rangefinder
Any mechanical issues with the Fujifilm 645? A friend picked one up for $25. (!). (reposted from rpe35mm) -- gmail originated posts filtered due to spam. |
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Ping Littleboy - Fujifilm 645 rangefinder
"Alan Browne" wrote in message ... Any mechanical issues with the Fujifilm 645? A friend picked one up for $25. (!). Fuji has made a zillion 645 models over the years. One is a folder and is said to have problems with the opening/closing mechanism wearing out. Many were autofocus/autoloading and I'd be afraid of those (too many things to go wrong), although the zoom version was like that and is highly respected. I have the GS645S, which is a generic rangefinder with a fixed, 60/4.0 lens. Rangefinders can get out of adjustment, of course. (There were three mostly mechanical bakelite cameras: a wide angle with no rangefinder, the GS645S, and the folder with a 75mm lens.) I never shot much with it wide open and have recently heard people complaining about the lens being soft wide open, which I'd think would be more likely do to rangefinder adjustment problems than the lens. Every shot I ever took with it was painfully razor sharp. The rangefinder isn't very nice; it's really hard to see when the shifted parts are aligned. -- David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan |
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Ping Littleboy - Fujifilm 645 rangefinder
On 2011-10-31 18:26 , David J. Littleboy wrote:
"Alan wrote in message ... Any mechanical issues with the Fujifilm 645? A friend picked one up for $25. (!). Fuji has made a zillion 645 models over the years. One is a folder and is said to have problems with the opening/closing mechanism wearing out. Many were autofocus/autoloading and I'd be afraid of those (too many things to go wrong), although the zoom version was like that and is highly respected. I have the GS645S, which is a generic rangefinder with a fixed, 60/4.0 lens. Rangefinders can get out of adjustment, of course. (There were three mostly mechanical bakelite cameras: a wide angle with no rangefinder, the GS645S, and the folder with a 75mm lens.) I never shot much with it wide open and have recently heard people complaining about the lens being soft wide open, which I'd think would be more likely do to rangefinder adjustment problems than the lens. Every shot I ever took with it was painfully razor sharp. The rangefinder isn't very nice; it's really hard to see when the shifted parts are aligned. Thanks - I'll pass that on. I guess he has to do some research. He did say he thought the rangefinder mechanism worked well - whether that translates to sharp focus where he thinks it should be is another fish. -- gmail originated posts filtered due to spam. |
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