Thanks. I also didn't realize it was a rangefinder. Guess I should
have read the specs.
Chuck Norcutt
On 11/17/2011 10:33 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
> It's a rangefinder with the same proportions as a Leica M, Chuck, although
> in a *significantly* grander scale - Texas would seem appropriate!
>
> No, not available new for a long time, but plenty of well-used bodies
> available in Japan (where mine came from) where I understand they were once
> used as to take group shots of tour-bus passengers on arrival at a tourist
> destination - film would be developed and prints produced during the guided
> tour, to be available to purchase before joining the bus for the next stage
> of the tour.
>
> Mine now has a rather more sedate life, but I fully agree with Nathan's
> words it " produces deliciously large 6x9 cm negatives" and in my case
> similarly tasty Velvia transparencies. I have some on the light box right
> now, having just sent 3x120 off for processing this morning.
>
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 17 November 2011 13:32
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Six film pics from Copenhagen
>
> I like the third one, "Vallensbæk Sø".
>
> I had assumed this camera was new but, in checking at B&H, I see that no
> Fuji film bodies are offered any more. Where does "Texas Leica" come from?
> I assume Texas refers to its size. Perhaps the quality of the camera
> inspires the Leica moniker but the GW690 is a fixed lens camera.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> On 11/17/2011 1:54 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> I have added 6 images from my recent trip to Copenhagen to the film
>> gallery. Start with this one:
>>
>> http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Sometimes-I-use-film/7590141_5KmXsg#15888
>> 46843_gLtmq8r-O-LB
>>
>> and the next 5.
>>
>> The camera (Texas Leica, aka Fuji GW690) malfunctioned during the
>> trip, exposing too many blank frames (not operator error), and so will
>> be sent off to Will van Manen in the Netherlands for service later
>> this morning.
>>
>> Cheers, Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK:
>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog:
>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>>
>>
>> YNWA
>>
>>
>>
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