Shanghai has brought back their gp3 emulsion in 220 format.

This is an excellent overview of the GW690III. I disagree, however on the rangefinder. It is VERY easy to focus, and a pleasure to use. I am almost 70 and need all the help I can get from my cameras. This is a wonderful camera, easy on the eyes.

The GW690 II is one of the first cameras I purchased when I started photography over 15 years ago. Can't beat it for the price. The smaller GS645S has the same aspect ratio and right in the middle between 35 and 6x9. Worth a look if you don't need the massive negative. Also, love your videos, I'm working through some XTOL after seeing your presentation.

I have the 680 and it's epic! I love the ratio because I already work with it on the ETR, and both match the sensor on my dedicated scanning camera - the EM5ii, which gives me 64mp in high-res composite w/ demosaic. Another great video sir!

Thanks for the one-year review. For general subjects, I shoot a 6x7cm medium format Fuji rangefinder with a fixed 90mm f/3.5 normal lens. For landscapes and architecture, I also shoot with a 6x9cm medium format Fuji rangefinder with a fixed 65mm f/5.6 wide-angle lens. Love these two cameras when I need higher image quality than a small format 35mm camera can deliver and/or I need to carry a camera that is smaller and lighter in weight than my 4x5 inch large format camera.

It's also an amazing camera for infrared photography. Rollei Infrared film and a 720nm filter exposed at iso15 gives great results.

15:02 Do not advance to trip the shutter on "T" Mode. You can also trip the shutter by moving the shutter speed to something other than T. So move it to 1 second, and the lens will close. You can then advance.

I have the earlier GM670 and it’s a brilliant camera (and the lens comes off)!

Great review and lovely images. Tip for the rangefinder. Find yourself some light blue flash gel. Cut to size, insert on the outside of the range finder window. 10x easier. :)

Superb, thank you 👍🏻

That shot at 8:50 is fantastic. I'd put a print of that on my wall

I bought this camera Mk1 and some time later splashed out on a Mamiya 7 thinking it would be a big step up. However the Mamiya all ways gave inferior results to the Fuji.

I have the Fujica GW690 and love it! By the way, you always need a massive negative because "why not" ! You can crop and it can force to think about photography as an art instead of a burst!

Have the 6 x 7. Superb images. Use it also for infrared.

FYI: Turn the shutter speed dial from T to 1 to end the long exposure. Winding on the film during T mode can damage the camera and leave light trails.

Great video. Did you ever find the tripod socket has a bit of flex because it’s fixed into the plastic case and not the underlying frame? Or is mine just a bit ‘wonky’ as the technical term goes?

I’ve been GASing hard over this camera recently, finding it harder and harder to resist

TBH… Hasselblad are pretty much fixed lens cameras too… unless you have 3k to fork over for a second!

Love that camera and would own one but for one thing; It makes sense logically, as 6x9 is the ultimate for sheer quality and is the best rectangle ratio, which is great, ...BUT, unless you're making A1 or bigger prints, you'll never see the benefit of it compared to 'normal' cameras.

I just picked up a GW690iii. I’m finding that when loading / advancing film the winding mechanism releases the film back into the body on the backstroke. That means I can’t get the film tight against the focus plane. Ideas?

How are you scanning those negatives? I am interested in medium format but I only have a 26 MP Nikon Z6 and no home scanner. The Lab I usually develop 35mm at does extra high res TIF scans at about 6700 x 7400 which isn't much different than 26 MP so I could probably get that done and I suppose that would be sufficient to get the right sharpness and detail from these massive medium format negatives. Should I be considering some other method for scanning these bad boys?

I really regret not buying 6x8 version while it wasn't so overpriced as it's today...

Do you find the max SS of 1/500 limiting in bright conditions?

Same comment about the next shot

Every time I whine about 8 frames per roll, I have to remind myself how much less portable and ass pain lugging around a sheet film 4x5 camera would be.

Congrats 🎉 Now try Velvia 50 with hasselblad 100mm f/3.5 lens projected with PCP80. That is the only way to truly enjoy slide film.

I had the MK1 version and while I loved using it to make incredible panoramas I eventually sold it. Not because of reliability reasons just that shutter was not very rewarding. Same reason I would never buy a Mamiya 6 or 7, that leaf shutter just wasn't very rewarding to me just an audible KLUNK. I will say though for long exposures using the T mode, the manual clearly states to end the exposure by changing the shutter speed not by advancing the film. I would carry a hat or a small black cloth and would cover the lens at the end of exposure and change the shutter speed to end T mode.

It is like shooting 60Mpx camera for instagram. Just the waste is real.

too much blab not enough photos

The camera is from Japan, got nothing to do with Leica and nothing with Texas either. Wakey wakey, rise and shine!

I like 6x9. But its just too simial to 35 in aspect. Also i found the 6x7 a good middle ground for docu and magazine work with little to no cropping.. other than 6x7 i shoot 4x5 and that covers the quality and pocket nicely