Camera Geekery: Fujifilm GA645Zi
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 มี.ค. 2022
- Some people consider the Fuji GA645zi to be the greatest point and shoot camera of all time. Let's have a look and see if it lives up to the claim.
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There is a company in Poland that repairs Fuji GA's broken electronics:) My GA645 had a broken lens wires so they fixed it by making new ones.
What’s their name?
@@ANOMALY_TIFF Fototech Warszawa. (I'm pretty sure they handle orders from abroad)
From what I have recently learned, they do.
@@japancamerahunter indeed! see my other comment. Can only recommend them!
When digital became mainstream my local camera shop had a batch of these Fufi GA645Zi cameras direct from Fuji UK . £249 each ,I bought two ,wish I bought the whole lot seeing what they go for now. They are such a great point and shoot MF camera ....not for everyone but brilliant for those who are happy with it's strengths and weaknesses.
Thank you for making this video celebrating a much beloved medium format P&S! I just picked up mine and absolutely love shooting with it! Lovely video as always Bellamy! 📸🎉🎉❤️
Love the relaxed vibes!
I enjoyed this video so much! thanks for sharing the info about the camera as much as your photography and taking us through such a beautiful ride along with the cherry blossoms. :) !
Glad you enjoyed it!
I had a chance to try this camera out and shot several rolls through it and totally agree, it isn't the best, but it certainly is a fun and handy camera when you want a medium format point and shoot that can be tossed in a bag and taken out in the field.
Nice little medium format camera, I had one for a few years. It had good image quality and the zoom was good, but the major downside was that the focus could not be relied on. It works most of the time but sometimes a frame could be slightly out of focus (usually the frame you need lol).
It’s a lot of fun. One of the only medium format “point and shoots” I’m aware of…
I think it's a lovely camera - Would definitely enjoy having one that is updated now and fully digital by Fuji. A point and shoot 645!
Nice shoutout to Ukraine with the film holders. 🇺🇦
On point with the 'real' Omega
I have two of these : a champagne one I got for nothing that was professionally loved (as in, coating worn off the faceplate where your fingers rest loved), and a black one as close to NOS as you could hope for these days. AF has rarely let me down on either (always when I’m rushing), and hoarding Fujifilm take-up spools has helped mitigate the fat roll issue. Yes it’s loud and I know a lot of folks are put off by the idea of a MF point-and-shoot for Y2K yuppies, but the first time I took one travelling I ceased to give a single h*ck. Love the images I’ve made with this guy and never want to be without one :)
I bought a GA645zi in 2008 and sold it in 2013. Clearly, I should have waited a few years before selling it. I took it on a trip to Italy in 2009 (it survived an archaeological dig in Pompeii!) and another European trip in 2012. I even had the tiny hood and soft cloth "case"! Ironically, it was a Fuji X digital camera that made me sell off my medium format film cameras (I still have large format film, plus my Leica M6, as I can't afford a digital M).
Love the review Bellamy! Also what pouch/bag/sling are you using in the video? It looks simple and very practical. Thanks in advance! :)
It's is a custom one given to me by a fan in Indonesia. It is made by Jelly Playground.
lovely Camera
Love the nikon family tree backdrop. Fuji made great cameras. Their 6 17 was epic. So where their large format lenses.
Appreciating the subtle nod to Ukraine Bellamy. :)
Слава Україні !
@@japancamerahunter героям слава!
i’m lucky enough to have one with a fully functional LCD display. just waiting every day for it to start crapping out.
I hope one day some manufacturer could make new cameras with the portrait orientation
1:34 Boy do I feel you
wish it were a sunnier day when you took the photos
I truly miss mine, died a couple of years ago…
How do you set the iso on it
Can you use a hot shoe flash?
Love this one!!! Beautiful Body!! would love to have one!!
Nice Chapeau!!
Another ripper review.
Will we ever see a video of Bellamy discussing his watch collection?!?!?!?
It would be a pretty short video.
Any review on the Minolta Alpha/ MAXXUM/ DYNAX 9? 🤔🤔
If I ever get one in I will. Great camera.
Anybody else notice the Fugufilm roll and the strategically placed blue and yellow film cases looking remarkably similar to oh I don't know, Kodak Gold, perhaps? (yes I am aware Kodak Gold doesn't have blue on it but perhaps it was the closest he could get. That or it is a subtle nod to what is happening in Eastern Europe).
slava ukraini!
@@japancamerahunter heroyam slava!
longingly🥺
looks at the fugu film
It's a pity they didn't make a 45-90mm 6x6 version of this type of camera. I don't know how easy a 45-90mm would be to make but a square frame in the filmchamber should have been easy?
Nice watch, btw. I wanted to buy one last week, but they were sold out everywhere 😉
Really? They are readily available here. This is my daily.
Sry dude, but he does have style and wear a real Speedy, not a palstic one.
@@japancamerahunter Sorry, I'm being facetious. Last week they released an Omega X Swatch Moonwatch collaboration. Sold out in minutes. Giant crowds. Mayhem. I see that you're wearing the real thing, so I thought I'd do some light trolling 😁
They did? That is daft.
@@japancamerahunter I dunno man, I quite like the look of a couple of them. I may pick one up if they ever sell them online, but if I can't get one, no biggie. I mainly wear Casio and Seiko.
I wish that Fujifilm would revive a bit of this concept for their current MF line. Not the point and shoot aspect specifically, but a fixed lens zoom with a leaf shutter. Alternatively, they could make it their one and only “full frame” sensor camera.
That being said, I disagree that the camera is ugly. The GA645 prime lens camera looks like a space alien, but the ZI zoom lens version looks like a large rangefinder.
PLEASE can the FILMLUMINATI tshirt return? I have too many hoodies already!
Exposure compensation -0.7 though.
Yeah, but it is still fiddly as.
Imagine how many nice cameras/watches you could buy if you rug pulled us.
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@@japancamerahunter because you were kidding about making a NFT. Rug pull is if you just run away with all the money.
Shows how much I actually know about NFT's lol.
Pentax 67 review when?
The day I get one in that I can play with.
is that the moon watch i spy
Indeed. 311.30.42.30.01.005
prefer my fuji 6x9 pro... completely manual
And here I am debating n keeping my Nikon FE and then purchase the 6x9 or just stick to 35mm film
@@KingofStreet3 I have several 'film' Nikons but the 6x9 Fuji only have to make 8 images before processing the film; with a 6x7 there are usually 15 images.
9:27 - wrong. i can fix it
Best point and shoot Olympus xa.
So controversial yet so brave.
Why did all of your pictures look completely washed out?
An MF camera with a small aperture lens makes no sense to me. That enormous bokeh is a great thing, but this lens produces very little. Of course, back then or if you make paper enlargements, or scan it in a very high resolution, than it makes sense.
Zed, not zee.
Yeah, I'm not American though.
@@japancamerahunter Zed is the British version!
True that. Damn, I have been away too long.
Agreed Zed :=)
Not to troll but those scans look awful.
Damn, I turn off the video immediately after you said you WEREN’T offering yourself as an NFT for the full JCH experience. So disappointed 😉