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Subject: RE: [Leica] What 6X9 - FS Texas Leica (OT)
From: "Tim Atherton" <timphoto@nt.sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 12:13:24 -0700

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
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>