Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm selling a Texas leica - Fuji GSW 690 II on E Bay. Not a cheap 6x9 folder through: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=231176991 Tim A > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Bill Lawlor > Sent: January 5, 2000 12:00 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] What 6X9? > > > I have had a number of old folders including the Agfa Viking, Bessa, > and a Fuji 645 folder. All of them have presented bellows problems > and lensboard alignment errors. I finally got a "Texas Leica" Fuji > GSW690II. Three pounds of mechanical camera, superb 65mm view camera > lens (equal to a 28mm on a Leica), and a quirky but reliable shutter. > It has double stroke lever wind, a classic split image rangefinder, > and accepts 120 or 220 rollfilm. The camera is available in 90mm lens > model, and 6X7 version. All these pro models have a roll counter and > can be overhauled by Fuji. Ya' gotta see a 6X9 transparency or neg to > believe it. > > Bill Lawlor > -- >