The Fuji GW690III Is As Portable As You Want It To Be

[@AustinBeeman]

One of my favorite cameras ever made. Shhhh. Don’t tell everybody about it.

[@jongarcon7911]

Yes. Watch the prices go up

[@russellrabanal]

I've had this for over a year and I'm able to shoot good portraits and landscapes with it. Definitely a keeper in my permanent collection! 🔥

[@jmk868]

Great. Finally background music that's not too loud or annoying.

[@mitchellhughes5180]

What?!👂🏻🤚🏻

[@jongarcon7911]

Pretty special camera. Files are large and detail is impressive. Lens is spectacular, and equivalent to a 35mm f1.2 according to another review. I grew up on 35mm film so it's a nice return I have the first version, no plastic outer shell, but I think the mk iii is plastic over metal, highly durable and tough. 8 frames from one roll of 120 tends to make you more picky about what you photograph which is no bad thing. It makes taking pictures special again.

[@josephomalley1526]

"Files are large", comedian ! :-)

[@DisturbedVette]

My workflow would benefit from that. When I use film I want to be done with that roll as soon as possible without taking any wasted shots. That way I can try out a different film stock. It’s just because I’m impatient.

[@pilsplease7561]

@@josephomalley1526 I have had single negative scans for 35mm come out at about 1gb. I have had medium format scans come out at 3gb per image before. i doubt any digital camera is coming anywhere close to that.

[@colnagocowboy]

I like to pair the 6x9 with my rollei 35se a combination that gets noticed

[@NLperso]

What do u mean by pair

[@josephomalley1526]

Maybe concentrate on getting your photography noticed instead of playing up with jewellery !

[@NLperso]

@@josephomalley1526 lol for a second I was wondering what Bryan lee o'Malley was doing answering a comment on this video

[@fepatton]

Would love one of these as a walkabout camera! Way more portable than my RB67. :-)

[@ianwartist]

I hear you on the RB67! I have carried that around with several filmbacks, a polariod back, rolls of film, and different lenses. And a tripod of course. Heavy!

[@Narsuitus]

When I need to travel with a camera that is a compromise between my 4x5 inch large format view camera and my 35mm small format camera and more portable than my RB67 SLR, I carry the Fuji GSW690 III rangefinder with fixed 65mm f/5.6 lens and/or the Fuji GW670 III rangefinder with fixed 90mm f/3.5 lens.

[@sonygoup]

Keh with the angles!!

[@FabrizioZago]

Years ago I wanted to buy this camera but then I've decided to have a different aspect ratio and so I went for the Fuji GA645, totally love it. But of course, when I see videos like this, a bit of that desire comes back :-)

[@GOLDDYNACO]

The aspect ratio 6X4,5 (56mmX41.5 mm) in GA645 and 6X9 (56mmX84mm) in GW690III is almost exactly the same!

[@FabrizioZago]

@@GOLDDYNACO yes, it's that "almost" that makes them different :-)

[@nikoslazaridis71]

you could go for the fuji GW680. Same ratio like 645 and same camera like GW690 ! ;)

[@FabrizioZago]

@@nikoslazaridis71 Yes but I also wanted to use the camera "on the go" and so the GA645 is more compact and has autofocus. I was really looking for a "point and shoot" medium format camera and that was my first choice. :-)

[@RyanLeBlanc1]

Damn. I need one now

[@johnsmith-ox6tc]

How do you change the ISO??

[@orangebangmang]

No light meter built into the camera, so you expose manually based off “Sunny 16” or an external meter.

[@adventureStaley]

I want one

[@filmniyom]

Cool camera i like it👍

[@diegopendinorodriguez4829]

Alguien puede decirme más acerca de esa lente enorme? Necesito saber la parte trasera de la lente ; Cuanta luz sale por detrás.

[@lorenzostheman]

Do they make 60 or 45mm lenses for this camera? 50 is not quite wide enough for landscape

[@tresnic09]

It's probably closer to a 40mm equivalent as is.

[@andrewthompson5609]

Its a 39mm equivalent.

[@ivanguerra1260]

They didn´t make this camera interchageable lenses but there are two more versions, one wide angle and one short tele lens. You have tu buy the three for lens combination.

[@mikejankowski6321]

@@ivanguerra1260 I’ve only seen the wider version, with 65mm lens. It’s the GSW.

[@josephmaclean4153]

Pure machine!

[@mitchellhughes5180]

What would be the equivalent of the 90mm lens on a 35mm camera?

[@VideoCooperInc]

50mm

[@jesperlett]

No

[@DisturbedVette]

35mm

[@cs512tr]

good vid, but to me music is wayyyy to loud mate

[@toho45]

Its not hard plastic shell. Is plastic wrapped aluminium alloy

[@keepondoubletruckin8466]

Thank You

[@capri4682]

Does it have parallax correction?

[@justinthompson5718]

Yes it does

[@JayGrapherTh]

"approaching" large format. so its the MOST portable large format camera. NICE :P not click bait btw hehe

[@DisturbedVette]

Is that a huge camera or small hands?

[@dovydasgrigas441]

small hands

[@DisturbedVette]

tyvek05 I have it. Can confirm, huge camera.

[@adamstreetboyzz]

250mp to resolve 6x9? Is this real?

[@andrewthompson5609]

No this is a huge stretch. Maybe you could get close to that on the highest of high res drum scans. 250 MP is more in the realm of 4x5 resolution. As 132shredder said around 100mp is more realistic. Still tons of detail and resolution for such a portable package.

[@KingofStreet3]

Another camera I don’t need lol.

[@jameslane3846]

I don't understand how it's for landscape photographers... You can't see the effects of your filters

[@KEHcamera]

Why see with your eyes when you can see with your mind? Plus, that's the least of your worries if you want to use something like Lee filters with the GW690III-you'll have to cut off the metal lens hood first! :)

[@jameslane3846]

@@KEHcamera oh, didn't know that! Even more the reason to stick to my Mamiya RB67 for my landscapes then...

[@pcls-tech]

You can put all the filters you want in photoshop or lightroom

[@pablovi77]

As portable as a brick.

[@ivanguerra1260]

Pablo nooo, al contrario, está hecha de policarbonato, es sumamente liviana !!

[@pablovi77]

@@ivanguerra1260 Me refería al tamaño.

[@pilsplease7561]

too bad Keh is sold out.

[@ivanguerra1260]

Lots in eBay !!, Be careful....

[@pilsplease7561]

@@ivanguerra1260 ebay is safe. I got mine and it's got a shutter count of mine as I got it completely overhauled, oiled and a new winding mechanism it's like new, had if done professionally

[@pilsplease7561]

@@ivanguerra1260 edit shutter count of 10

[@jesperlett]

Those 250 megapixels should be taken with a grain of salt. I have this camera in the version II. Scanning Fuji velvia 50 with an Epson V800 I don’t seem to get much more detail going from 45 to a 70 megapixel scan. The images a gorgeous still.

[@pilsplease7561]

Flatbeds are a poor excuse if you drum scan this stuff your getting all that 250, a 4x5 drum scanned is around 500. and 8x10 is around 800 mp

[@pablovi77]

Thats not a profesional film scanner. It’s a flatbed.

[@s.i.5704]

Music is to loud and not needed !

[@trysnacks]

Comment is too curt and not needed !

[@s.i.5704]

@@trysnacks ??? Music is to loud - hard to understand- i was interested in this camera but it was impossible to understand it since music was overwhelming his voice! Thats why music is not needed in my opinion !