For this reason I prefer manual cameras (as much as possible). Some kind of electronic failure I was told. My first GA645 just stopped and has never worked since. Being an electronic / automated film camera you are relying on the circuits not to die.
R eliabilityĪutomatic cameras are not as reliable as full manual film cameras. These cameras are all mechanical and a joy to use! 5. It is the opposite to say using a Leica M3, Mamiya RZ67, Hasselblad 500 or 4×5 Camera. Slow, noisy and automated doesn’t do it for me. If you buy and use old film cameras because of the experience of using them then don’t get a GA645. Probably more than you will even need except perhaps a beach photo shoot or snow scene shoot. It’s worth noting that at most apertures you can sync with a flash up to 1/400 but from f11 and up you can use 1/700. Unlike a Leica film camera which has a max flash sync speed of 1/50 the Fuji GA645 can sync at 1/700! That is faster than every film camera I can think of (Mamiya 645, Hasselblad, Fuji GF670, Mamiya RZ, Mamiya 6 & 7, Kiev 88.) The only camera which I know of that is faster is a modern Hasselblad H camera with a HCD lens + film back (but that is an expensive setup!). The Fujifilm GA645W however has a 45mm (f4) lens so is better suited for these occasions. The 60mm lens of the GA645 can sometimes be too narrow for landscapes. The other good camera option for travel photography is the Fujifilm GA645W (aka Fuji 6x45Wide). Having a medium format P&S camera that you can carry easily with you all day is a real plus. The camera is crazy lightweight considering it is a medium format camera and the lens retracts to make it pretty slim. The Fuji GA645 is the perfect companion for travel. Film travel photography (Medium format P&S camera!) The Fuji GA645 camera has the fixed Fujinon 60mm f4 lens and I’ve had no complaints with the it evn up against Leica lenses. The EBC Fujinon lenses are well-regarded for their sharpness even wide open. Many of my cameras are said to have sharp lenses but when a camera has a fixed lens the lens sharpness is a must have. The GA645 has a pop-up flash, LCD display for camera settings, autofocus, auto film advance and auto rewind, auto exposure with centre weighted metering and imprinted data of camera settings onto the film. The camera takes photos in a portrait orientation when held in the standard horizontal position. The camera has a leaf shutter lens that operates at upto 1/400 with apertures of f4-f9.5 and at 1/700 with apertures of f11-f22. The GA645 is fitted with a fixed lens, a Super EBC Fujinon 60mm f4 with a minimum focus distance of 0.7m.
Released in 1995, the Fuji GA645 Professional is a 6×4.5 format autofocus medium format film camera.
The latest addition to my camera bag – a 20 year old Fujifilm GA645 Pro compact medium format film camera. but it’s good! The Fujion 60mm f4 lens is crazy sharp! The GA645 is a medium format point and shoot camera so you have no excuse for a bad picture! Fuji GA645 Professional – Compact Medium Format Camera The Fuji GA645 is like a noisy ugly slightly overfed Leica !. Everybody has one :) here’s mine.(Fuji GA645 + 120 Fomapan 1/30, f4) – Budapest > Join me on YouTube! I won’t bore you with the technical specs or detailed reviews, there are so many other writers who can and have done a much better job than I, that all I will share is my opinion. Any way you slice it, it was a hard deal to pass up, and I really like this camera now that I own it. love rule as i paid $400 CDN for it, but the deal was sweetened by 50 odd rolls of 120 and 220 film included with it. The GA645 was an exception to my inverse price vs. Mamiya 6/7’s were way out of my league because of their price and the Bronica RF645 didn't get the greatest reviews. The GS645, GS645S and GS645W were intriguing but didn’t rate as highly with me.
LOTS of internet reviews and Ebay browsing… My favourites so far were the Fuji series of 645 cameras, the GA645vI and vII, the GA645W and Wi, and finally the GA645Zi. It was one of those deep down wants that I’d feed on regular occasions with internet reviews and Ebay browsing.
I like higher end automatic rangefinder style cameras because they allow me to focus on the image rather than the settings. I’d been jonesing for a medium format point and shoot for a couple of years now.