After buying a Holga, the next step was getting a set up for 120 scanning. Having the ability to scan 120 ment wanting a better camera than just the Holga. I have been down the Rolleiflex/ Hasselblad and other medium format cameras path before and wanted a folding rangefinder. Many of the folders are 6X7 or 6X9, square format is a bit harder to find. I didn't want to spend the money for a Fuji 670 or Bessa III and was trying to avoid the Zeiss folders. This led me to the mid 50's Japanese folders. I was going to get a Mamiya when I came across the Fujica. The first camera Fuji made after the war was a 120 folder, the Fujica 6. In the mid 1950 improvements were made and the Super Fujica 6 was brought to the market. They were mostly made for export, the distance scale is marked in feet, but it is a bit of an oddity. The camera feeds from right to left and the viewfinder is on the right. It has auto indexing but the shutter needs to be cocked before each exposure.
My copy came fro a telescope shop in New York state and was serviced by Dan Daniel. It's a pretty nice camera for my four hundred dollar investment. Here's some from the first couple of test rolls.
Mutltnomah Village, FP4+, Rodinal 1:50, NLP conversions with no adjustments.
madNbad wrote:
After buying a Holga, the next step was getting a set up for 120 scanning. Having the ability to scan 120 ment wanting a better camera than just the Holga.
Naturally we all immediately assumed that meant you bought an Argus Super Seventy Five, but we see that is not the case.
Desmolicious wrote:
Naturally we all immediately assumed that meant you bought an Argus Super Seventy Five, but we see that is not the case.
I thought it would be fun to use a 120 camera that had more than two apertures and one shutter speed. Plus, I’m digging the upside down rebate markings.
And, I did find a camera that not only has a 75mm lens but "Super" is part of the name.
