Fuji GW690III Overview-Review

These cameras were the last to bear the name Fujica. First released in November 1978 as a professional unit with interchangeable lenses that were subsequently updated to a fixed lens.  They came in several formats from 4.5x6, 6x7, 6x8 and 6x9. The GW 6x9 was first released in 1985 and came with a fixed lens. The video above gives a nice insight into a range of camera that became known as the Texas Leica.

 Like to thank Mike Thomas for his insight into this camera.

What next for PMK Pyro?

This year I decided to push the boundaries of my black and white film photography with a bit of dangerous living; well, flamboyant then!!. By using three makes of film I have not tried before: Agfa's relaunched APX 100 35mm, Adox CHS 100 35mm and 120, Fuji neopane 400 35mm. All of whom are going to be finessed with PMK Pyro staining developer in to reveling their latent images.

The first of these to receive Pyro's tender kiss is Agfa's APX. I have had a quick look at Digital truth massive dev chart ( thanks guys) and have discovered that the data they hold could be out dated as it is for the original film emulsion. A quick film test (quick! just joking) as described in another post, to check the time and if needed adjust it. I'll be using the suggested dilution formula of 1+2+100 and the 13 minutes as the normal process time for comparison.

It is a fine bright warm day just right to choose a subject and take pictures for the test. Wow! that's the fastest 22 frames I've taken in a long time! So as not to waste the rest of the film I took a walk round the local area to use up the other frames. Film is becoming expensive. Now all I have to do is find the time to process the film.