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Fujica GW6. 90 - Camerapedia - Wikia. The Fujica GW6. 90 Professional and the nine similar models that followed it are leaf- shutter fixed- lens rangefinder cameras for 1.
Fuji brought out as successors to its interchangeable- lens Fujica GL6. Fujica GM 6. 70 Professional models.
In addition to the Fujica GW6. Professional (the last to be called "Fujica"), the series includes the Fuji GW6. II, GW6. 70. II, GSW6. II, GW6. 90. III, GW6.
III, GW6. 70. III, GSW6. III and GSW6. 80.
III (all of them "Professional"); the entire series is treated within this article.[1]Features (such as interchangeable film backs) normal among medium- format cameras of the time, and others (such as exposure meters) almost universal among cameras in general are missing in the GW6. Leica M3 with a particularly large lens (perhaps 8. Texas Leica". Fixed lens, and reliability Edit. The immediate predecessors of these large rangefinder cameras had interchangeable lenses, and to those who like to think of them as "Texas Leicas", the change to a fixed lens may seem perverse.
But people close to the development of the camera have explained. The main reason was simply that sales of the lenses of lengths other than 6.
Moreover, eliminating the lens mount would further reduce weight and increase reliability.[3]The emphasis on reliability was determined by the unusual market for the cameras. As noted in the article on the G6. Buses would disgorge their passengers at such places as the 1. Osaka Expo, group photographs would be taken, and the prints could be ready later the same day. Mr Nakanishi (仲西史則), in charge of this work in one company, has recalled that one camera might go through 5. The Fujica GW6. 90 Professional was the first to be released, in November 1.
It is based on the GL6. The lens is an EBC Fujinon, 9. Reputedly it is sharper at large apertures than the 1. The GW6. 90 was priced at ¥1. The right and (to a lesser extent) the left sides of the front of the camera are convex, forming the kind of grips that soon become very common on other cameras (and that often contain batteries) but were unusual at the time.[5] A switch on the top and next to the accessory shoe selects among short- roll 1.
The dimensions are 1. W)×1. 19(H)×1. 23(D)mm; it weighs 1.
GL6. 90, mostly attributable to the lack of lens breechlock, curtain, and associated switchgear. The Seiko #0 shutter lacks a B setting and instead only has T.[6]Camera also has a device at the bottom of the camera that counts multiples of ten shots — up to 9. Different people have different numbers for recommended servicing; Chatani says that the shutter was to have been guaranteed for 1. What is certain is that this "odometer" can easily be tampered with (just like that of a car).
When tripping the shutter, the noise is curiously loud for a camera with a leaf shutter. Some mistakenly blame the odometer on the bottom of the camera (which is a falsehood that has spread far across the web). However, it was discovered that the noise is not due to the shutter nor the odometer, but rather to the winding mechanism and it's linkage with the shutter contained in the lens body.[8] There is vibration within this mechanism which also causes a 'hum'. The interchangeable lens G/BL/GL models do not have this noise. The rangefinder spot is round rather than rectangular. Instead of "mushroom" strap lugs, there are two loops for a strap on the left side of the camera (the side under the photographer's left hand).
The Fujica GSW6. 90 Professional is a wider- angle version of the GW6. The lens is an EBC Fujinon SW 6. It weighs 1. 47. 5g. It was released in March 1. This lens is widely thought to be optically identical to the 6. G6. 90 series. GW6.
II and GSW6. 90. II Edit. Released in June 1. Fuji GW6. 90. II Professional and Fuji GSW6. II Professional are minor revisions to the GW6. GSW6. 90. The accessory shoe is now a hotshoe, the shutter release has a lock, the grip is checked rather than ribbed, and the strap lugs are conventionally one to each side, rather than both on one side. The GW6. 90. II and GSW6. II are ten and five grams heavier respectively than their predecessors.
The cameras were priced at ¥1. GW6. 90. II) and ¥1. GSW6. 90. II). Released in December 1.
Fuji GW6. 70. II Professional was Fuji's follow- up to the Fujica GM 6. Professional as 6×7 camera. It differs from the GW6. II only in having a smaller film gate and different gearing and numbering for the film advance mechanism. It was priced at ¥1. GW6. 90. III, GSW6.
III, and GW6. 70. III Edit. The Fuji GW6. III Professional, Fuji GSW6. III Professional, and Fuji GW6. III Professional have redesigned exteriors that emphasize curves rather than right angles and have rubberized coatings. They also have a small spirit level embedded in the top above the viewfinder eyepiece (this level has a single axis, serving only to help balance the left and right), and push- button spool release.
Despite allegations in web forums, etc., of how these new cameras are "plasticky" compared with their 1. GW6. 90. III, GSW6. III and GW6. 70. III weigh 2. The two 6×9 models were released in Japan in February 1. GW) and ¥1. 97,0. GSW). The 6×7 model was released in March 1.
GW6. 80. III and GSW6. III Edit. Fuji had brought out a (nominally) 6×8 camera in 1. GX6. 80 professional studio SLR. Perhaps for the Japanese market only, it brought out 6×8 versions of these rangefinder cameras: the Fuji GW6.
III Professional and Fuji GSW6. III Professional in March and November 1. Like the 6×7 models, these differ from the 6×9 models only in having a smaller film gate and different gearing and numbering for the film advance mechanism: the dimensions and weights are the same as for the 6×9 models, and in Japan the prices were too. Much factual information within this article derives from Koyasu, "Fuji Shashin Firumu no kamera no subete", and Nawa, Meiki o tazunete.↑Relative sales according to Mr Chatani (茶谷茂), then of the professional products division (営業第一本部プロフェショナル写真部) of Fuji Photo Film; quoted by Nawa, p. Weight reduction, reliability increase: Mr Hamada (浜田寿), head technical planner for the GL6. Nawa, p. 2. 67.↑For Nakanishi's account of use of these cameras, see Nawa, p.
Nawa claims (p. 2. Earlier cameras have extrusions on the left or right of the front, but perhaps these are all for functional reasons (e.
Italian Gamma) or for style (e. Soviet Drug).↑This lack of B has puzzled and irritated users of the camera. With input from Greg Weber, Dante Stella has made a guess; see the foot of "Evolutionary history".↑Chatani on 1.
Nawa, p. 2. 69.↑This shows that the sound is not due to the shutter or odometer.↑On this issue, see also Dante Stella, "Plastics: the urban myth of the Fuji RF," near the foot of In depth: Evolutionary History of Fuji 6x. Rangefinders. Further reading / references. Edit. In English. The Japanese Historical Camera.
Nihon no rekishiteki kamera). Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 2. The G6. 90, included for its "odometer". External links. Edit.