F*** Leica, gimme a Bessa III

[milosz]

I saw Fuji prototyped a new 120 rangefinder a couple of years ago, but figured nothing ever came of it.

Just found out that Voigtlander put it into production late last year. $2250 - I would have sold a kidney for one a couple of years ago. Still might - even if I just hold onto it, surely I'll have a darkroom someday.

 

[DNW]

That's an awesomely cool looking camera.

 

[milosz]

It reminds me of a Polaroid 110B I had a few years back - converted from ancient Polaroid roll film to the 3x4 packfilm. Loved that camera, but couldn't afford to keep feeding it Polaroid film.

 

[milosz]

There's also the Mamiya 7, of course. Cheaper, interchangeable lenses, but printing 6x6 full-frame gives me wood.

 

[LabelKing]

This seems to follow in the tradition of the old Zeiss Ikontas and Kodak Retinas, with the fold-out bellows mechanism.

These cameras are quite compact despite taking 120 film.

 

[aizan]

i prefer the lettering on the fuji gf670. nothing on the front of the top plate, etc. plus, the voigtlander version calls the lens "heliar," even though it isn't a heliar design. it's actually a planar.

 

[Nantucket Red]

A friend of mine just got one of these.