Kodak Portra 400 Test by Abram Goglanian, on Flickr
Note: My scanner caused a crazy color shift on this one, I tried to dial it out as much as I could.
Good score on the GW670/690 III. I had a GW670III and GSW690III for a while, traded the GW but kept the GSW. Excellent cameras, as mentioned. Super rugged, simple, and great results. Having both the GW and GSW is a nice pair that complements each other well, and carrying 2 is not that bad - they are somewhat bulky but light.
I have an RZ rig too, that's a fun beast but more of a different type of camera, I use it more for portraits, telephoto, macro, and the like. The Fujis (along with a Mamiya 7) are great for landscape, travel, street, etc.
Good score on the GW670/690 III. I had a GW670III and GSW690III for a while, traded the GW but kept the GSW. Excellent cameras, as mentioned. Super rugged, simple, and great results. Having both the GW and GSW is a nice pair that complements each other well, and carrying 2 is not that bad - they are somewhat bulky but light.
I have an RZ rig too, that's a fun beast but more of a different type of camera, I use it more for portraits, telephoto, macro, and the like. The Fujis (along with a Mamiya 7) are great for landscape, travel, street, etc.
Thanks for the feedback Ed! I used to have an RZ setup several years ago. I really loved that camera, it was my first medium format experience and it was just plain fun. The reason I went with the Fuji was simply because I didn't really want a "studio" camera this time around, I use my DSLRs for that. I wanted to be out shooting with it. As I'm sure you know, and as I know from experience, that isn't exactly the easiest thing in the world to do with the RZ, you really need to be on a tripod.
Personally if I'm honest, I would very much prefer to own a Mamiya 7. I hope to have one someday, but I figured this is definitely the next best thing!
A number of years ago the Japanese Ambassador to Canada gifted Toronto with some Cherry Trees, which were planted in High Park in Toronto. Now photographers as well as members of Toronto's large Asian Community flock to High Park in droves during Cherry Blossom season. This year I went out twice for this, once with my Mamiya 645 Super and once with my Minolta Maxxum 7's. This is from the first venture
Yes, the Fujis are definitely more portable than the RZ rig, though I do shoot the RZ a lot handheld, it's much more of a beast.
The Fujis were the gateway drug for the Mamiya 7 for me also. I ended up loving MF rangefinders enough to get a full Mamiya 7 kit. I use that more than the Fuji now, it's really superb as far as optics and whatnot. Though I still like the simplicity of the fuji a lot, and I use it when I want to go minimalist and lightweight. I wish the Mamiya 7 was 6x9, the size of the fuji negs are intoxicatingly large.
