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Pros, Image quality is top notch, zoom lens but prime quality. Compact and versatile MF camera, Lightweight and good build quality, Feel good in hands, useful tiny popup flash. Affordable Rangefinder MF Accurate metering and focus. Good for travelling purpose Cons Portrait picture format, Slow lens, Zoom is noisy and not real zoom but 3 different focal length from wide to normal, LCD at the backdoor doesn't last long.
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I don’t know the reason, but in two occasions it has not tightened the exposed roll. The first time all the pictures were fogged. The second time it did it only affected one picture. I think I’m installing the rolls correctly. The other thing is its LCD has some missing segments and it is not easy to read some ISO numbers. Finally, the lens shade cannot be stored within the camera case. That’s a small nuisance.
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The GA645Zi is a significant improvement from the GA645. The 645 was a nice camera and had a sharp lens, but it was very noisy and to shot in manual, you stood a good chance of accidentally putting the unit into manual focus. These issues are addressed in the 645Zi. The 645Zi sports a metal body and an excellent ergonomic placement of the shutter release. It has a great feel, light weight and good grip areas. The LCD's on the back are prone to fade and loss of segments. The location of the small popup flash does allow it to be used in conjunction with an attached flash. The metals dials have a better feel and adjusting the shutter speed in manual mode is much easier and cleaner. The adjustable diopter on the viewfinder is a great plus. The LED in the viewfinder is large and bright. On the negative side, its still a noisy transport and focus compared to more recent products. That said, for medium format shooters, its a great travel and packing camera. Its much smaller and lower in weight than a Mamiya 645, and way more compact than a GW690 series. If only they now made an affordable version with a 40 megapixel med format digital sensor!Read full review
As a photography enthusiast and camera collector I have a number of SLR 35mm, DSLR, and range finder 35mm and also have two Fujifilm Medium format cameras - as with many of the later film cameras that used electronic mechanism this particular camera uses both 120mm film and also would fit 220mm film (that is now virtually unavailable). It has all the ease and pleasure of not having to manually set all the dials, giving one the time to select the subject or scene that one wants to capture on film. It also has a built in pop up flash that is activated by pressing a release button. It also comes with a number of different settings and also a manual setting to choose from. An easy to use camera with an outstanding zoom lens having just three focal lengths that one can choose with the flick of a toggle switch on the rear of the camera. The controls are easily accessible and easy to use. It has a nice solid feel when holding the camera. The shutter release is in the traditional position on all later electronic and DSLR cameras. The built in light meter enables one to get the correct exposure and one can also adjust the exposure to compensate for back lighting, etc. The auto-wind-on mechanism is a pleasure to use in both the initial loading of the film and its subsequent exposures. This is a happy addition to my arsenal of film and DSLR cameras. Good second-hand models are available on e-bay, but one must be prepared to pay VAT if bought from Japan into the UK, plus a Parcel Force surcharge of £13-00. This one cost me an extra £30-00 – ouch!.Read full review
This med format 'point & shoot' camera is great fun to use and easy to carry all day. It's light, fairly robust and very small for the format. Only bad points are a virtually useless manual focus and it's quite noisy. The vertical format viewfinder takes a bit of getting used to. Autofocus and exposure are good; the manual pop-up flash is very useful for fill/catchlight. Aperture priority or Manual modes if needed. I'm having a blast with it!