II have had good experiences with compensating the orange mask of the negatives using an 80b blue filter at camera "scanning". As a result, the RAW files have to be less tortured when compensating. In my opinion, bracketing is not necessary with the wide dynamic range of your camera. Colour negatives are so flat in terms of contrast that one exposure is sufficient. I convert with the Negmaster plugin for Photoshop. I find the results much more balanced in terms of colour, modulation and the highlights are also much better defined. Did you try the highres mode of the GFX to get higher resolution?

I love your reviews and content. It’s no nonsense and thorough!!!

I have had quite a journey with the G2 and Leicas. I first got a Minolta CLE and then later a G2 and then finally bought an M4. As soon as I started using the true Leica body, I was converted. I found that I used the G2 and CLE for photoshoots and such, they are much easier to just point and shoot; but the joy of shooting the Leica was on another level. I mostly used the Leica for pleasure shooting. As time goes on these cameras break. My Leica ended up having a problem with the winder and didn't work, so I put it away and stored it and used the CLE. Then something on the CLE broke and I used the G2, but I then fixed my Leica. Now I have sold my CLE broken body and the G2 and bought another back up M2 body and a new Leica lens. I think my decision was the right one for me now. The G2 is easy, nice, and good for certain things; but the Leica bodies (even the meterless ones) are so much more of a joy to use. I like what you said about learning to use it and such.

Good video, well done.

Eliminate: pork, sugar, redmeat, candy, sweets, processed food and fried foods from your diet and juice every hour on the hour, Blessed Be.

Much Love.

Great Video man, i love the randomness of the clips 😂 Quick question. Let’s say I’ll buy a mamiya to take with me on my travels around the world; how should I deal with the film rolls and the x-ray at any airport? Should I scan the film everytime before taking a plane so that the negative are safe or what’s the usual procedure for a film photographer? I’ve been only a digital one so far Thanks for you time 🖤

Good lord the hips

Man, this is the camera I had at age 11. The price today is so detached from reality. Good that I still have it in a drawer

Wow, the quality here is more than incredible!

Very cool comparison and great explanation as to your hypothesis regarding specifically green color rendering between the Imacon and Fuji GFX 100S color science.

The only problem with the coolscan is that there are no drivers on Windows 10.

That's funny. I have RZ for something like 10 years and never had any issues.

Apart from the CA, I think the optics are very impressive overall. And you made great use of this fisheye lens as a portrait lens. Very creative.

Can you do double exposure pictures with the instax setup?

Just got mine a couple days ago holy buckets is this thing a lot of fun

Thanks for this honesty

Love the video, love the seals 🌞🌞🌞 In case you ever come to Berlin I am happy to lend you my GM670 🌸💮🏵

honestly isn't the kit plus a macro lens just as expensive as an imacon?

Hi Will, have you tried any folder cameras? Speaking of something travel friendly folders could be a good choice, some of them also has coupled rangefinder. Just shoot my first roll with soviet Iskra, quite cumbersome to use, but I like how compact it is, though I didn't yet get results from lab.

Hey Will. Yeah i agree. I dont like these cameras or format. I had a GW690ii. The viewfinder wasnt great and had no B mode. Also same as you despite using the camera mostly at infinity focus on a tripod on occasion Id find image that were soft? Never understood it. Sold it after 6 months.

Drum scanning I have used the Hasselblad its shit and nikon I was at university they had everything the drum scan is amazing

Thanks for sharing this adventure Will. I’m struck by the similarities between what I saw in you experience in this video and trips here in Alaska. So far away, and so many commonalities. That camera is interesting, but I agree with you-6x9 isn’t preferable. Great to see you again. Enjoy your upcoming adventure. Cheers!

Hi Will, Justin here! Great video, rb rules! Have you got the rb hand grip?

masayoshi takanka vibes on da boat

I love my copy!

Quality Quality 🤌♥️

I have the Fuji gsw690 iii and I love it, I do agree with the weight being a lil too much especially with a strap, but the overall con is the expensive 8 frames you get, in which most of the time you only enjoy 1 or 2 shots per roll. Still the lifespan and the crisp shots justifies to keep it around.

The shots of the Sentinel around 8.10 are really lekker. I remember shooting a story about 2 divers for Fair Lady magazine, close to the Sentinel, using my Mamiya 645 Pro TL. I got so seasick sitting in the boat waiting for the divers to finish, so I totally understand the dizziness! I was almost to afraid to swop backs 😂

Once again, interesting and lots to learn! Some lovely photos too. Love the diversity in your work. Look forward to the next one! 🥰

Vibey vid sir!!

Fujifilm has nothing to do with Texas and Leica.

Whooah you photographed a floating hat on the boat!! I've always been curious about the GW680... like Fuji really made a 67, 69 AND 68 format?!

That camera's a beast! Lovely shots Will, well done!

I'd originally written a much more eloquent version of this comment but I think it got lost somewhere, These days I mostly use this camera with 35 mm film as a much cheaper version of an X-Pan. It's a little jank but there are some pretty good guides online for how to use it that way. It's pretty fun and a 1x3 format is pretty cool to work with Completely agree about the ergonomics though

great video willy, there were some real bangers!

I agree with you about the portability of the RB over the Fujica for travel. I also found the Fujica rather unwieldy. It’s T-shape, heavy long lens connected to a lighter, wide square body made it difficult to carry, use, and pack. I also agree with you about the aspect ratio. The 6x9 negative always made me think I was looking at an image made on a 35mm camera. I love my 35mm rangefinders and had hoped I could have kept the BL as my only medium format camera, so I would be rangefinder consistent, but it was so slow and cumbersome to focus (both Rf patch and lens focus throw), it didn’t do what I wanted of it. The idea of the camera is a great one. I just wish it’s implementation was better.

I completely hear you on weight vs. balance. I have an Instax Mini back for my RB67 that is incredibly light, and when it's mounted my RB becomes tremendously front-heavy. Great video!

My favorite medium format camera is the Linhof Super Technika IV with the 53mm Biogon and 100mm Planar. It’s a heavy system but very versatile, HOWEVER, having an accurate rangefinder to focus but no parallax correction (it kind of has a manual one on the eyepiece but it’s not the best) makes it so much harder to use…

Do you do something with texture when editing your photos? i always feel like your color landscapes have this very defined but fine grain, that looks nothing like what I get from my film shots. Your photos somehow look like they've been printed on sandpaper (in the best way possible).

Dope vid Will💯 surprised to hear that the RB is actually more comfortable than this! And that viewfinder is quite the tunnel🥴 The lens renders beautifully though, Fuji really has some magic to it🤌🏻 and that Reala was the cherry on top man🍒 Enjoy your trip, homes🏕

While fuji fans are excited about the new Reala Ace film sim, this guy is shooting the real deal

I have both the GL690 & GM670, and I’m about to sell the GM. I was able to procure a Mamiya 7 for a stupid great price so one has to go and I also have mixed feelings on 6x9; but I like the GL to much to sell it. There are 5 lenses for the system and they are all rangefinder coupled. All but the 100 & 150 need an external viewfinder for composition, but all function great. The 50 is a pain to shoot with its hood on, the 65 (both f8 & f5.6) is a stellar lens all around, the 100 is stupid simple, the 150 is solid but I under use it, and the 180 will make your wrists feel it, but damn if all the lenses don’t produce fantastic results. On repairability: the light certain spring & cable can and will go loose (looks like yours is already loosening) and then break, leading to a situation where you can’t change lenses. I’ve done some light looking here in the states (where I’m located) and I have a few leads. Can’t vouch for Capetown or South Africa as a whole. Good luck with your Capetown Leica!

You got some nice photographs, I especially liked your flash images. With the TLA flash and a non-Contax camera, do you just use the Guide Number to arrive at exposures with that flash? Greetings from California. -Hernando

You make great videos

From the imaging and description of the viewfinder, I suspect that the camera needs to be opened on top and the viewfinder optics cleaned. His described softness, which is provably a little flare, is a hallmark of old rangefinder cameras in general. Ordinarily, the camera's viewfinder is described as exceptionally clear and bright. I'll second Will's disquiet of the 6x9cm format. Growing up printing from 35mm format negatives, I cropped most of them to the equivalent of a 6x7cm format, the rest being waste. 6x7cm format was introduced particularly over this issue. The G690 had 6 interchangeable lenses, with some variation among them, in addition. However, here in the US, we rarely saw them apart from the standard 100mm and the wide 65mm, so that's really a non-feature. Any number of times over the years I shopped for the later GW series models, in the 6x8cm format just to be contrary, but I never identified enough need to justify the price, given alternatives I already owned.

Fuji and Mamiya made the most interesting/weirdest film bodies

Once again. Music selection man, incredible track. Colors, framing, use of flash. Top tier stuff my friend!

Congrats Will! I just discovered your channel and I’m so so happy for you

Good stuff! I love my G690BL, and go between that and my RB67 for nearly everything I shoot. Having used it about as much as the RB, the Fujica has gotten to the point where it’s more my walkaround choice while I grab my RB for sessions where I’m likely to use a tripod. I actually like the 6x9 because of the versatility. I do usually crop images from either camera to 4:5, but some scenes do benefit from the more expansive compositions 6x9 gives. It’s kind of my “no matter what” camera, where I can crop square, 4:5, simulated ‘Tex-Pan’ (hell, I can even engage in a little digital forbidden magic to stitch two frames into effective 6x17 with the spare centimeter of crossover), or leave uncropped as needed if I know elements might be fleeting and the opportunity to meet the scene is worth more to me than some lost film surface. I do wish I could find a wider lens though-I hear you on the balance of the 100. You were fortunate to get one with a working curtain - mine was removed, which I hear is common since they are often the first thing to fail on these otherwise everlasting tanks.