Picked up a couple of rolls of film I had dropped off at Kitamura Camera for processing.
Processing for one roll of 220 film (without any pushing or pulling) is 1740 yen. A box of 5 rolls of Provia 220 is 5080 yen. That means film plus processing comes to 2756 yen per roll or 131 yen per frame when using my camera (21 shots on a 220 roll).
Film photographers have to deal with a rapidly reducing number of places that they can process film, and increasing prices of both film and processing.
However, rumors of the imminent demise of film are a little premature. Not only is film still sold and processed, a new film camera was being advertised in the store.
The Fujifilm GF670 is a brand new rangefinder camera with a clever collapsible lens. Weighing just 1kg it shoots in the same 6×7 format as my Pentax 67II. If you want those big beautiful 6×7 transparencies, but don’t want the weight of a Pentax system this could be well worth checking out.
It is available at Yodobashi Camera for 218,000 yen.
Fujifilm GF670 Professional Rangefinder Camera
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1700 sounds rather steep to tell you the truth. 120-format typically costs 500-600 yen to process here in Osaka. Is 220 (fairly rare format nowadays) perhaps a lot more expensive?
I do lust after the Fuji, but I’m not about to get myself a second new camera this year… It is worth pointing out, too, that they apparently planned for a production run of 5000 units total, but just the Japan preorders exceeded that so they’re increasing the number of units produced.
Yes it’s normally cheaper processing when I am up on the mainland. I think Yodobashi charged me around 1200 yen for a 220 roll.
If I were buying a Fujifilm rangefinder it would have to be the GX617. Certainly would broaden my horizons 🙂
I use a Hasselblad 503CW. Great camera but I am looking for something a bit more portable. Just looking at all the other medium format film cameras now.